License numbers and License types
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Our main License Term , and business, is
When installing a license, this license is bound to the hardware and operating system of the server. You can not run a license simultaneously on two or more servers at the same time. In case you have bought a Full license, you can view your license history using Download the latest version of AADS Terminal Server / View License History form.
You can always re-install the AADS License on the same Server. For example, if we publish an update of AADS Terminal Server, and you have downloaded this new version of AADS, and you want to install it, you can always install this new version of AADS Terminal Server and your License on your current AADS Terminal Server. See the manual for details.
If you want to install your AADS License on a second, different server, read on.......
The license type of our product can be an "Online" or an "Offline" license.
| + | At any moment you can migrate your license to the next server, without any need for us. In case you need to do some testing or research, or you want to be flexible, you will be able to install AADS Terminal Server on your next server. |
| + | The Online License type makes it possible to update AADS automatically in the event we have published an update. |
| - | The server needs an Internet connection and needs to be able to connect to our license servers. Approximately every 5 - 6 days, it sends a request to our license servers for validating the license. If your Internet connection fails, AADS Terminal Server will also fail after 10 -12 days. After those 10 - 12 days, when doing a remote login, the user is informed about the failing license. It is possible to disconnect the AADS Terminal Server from the Internet. You will need to do a manual license re-new, using a browser. |
| + | The server does not need an Internet connection. Only once while installing AADServer, the Setup program needs an internet connection for validating the License. Note: should you use our RDP Firewall with GeoIP Location filtering, the AADServer does need an internet connection, because once a week or more often, the GeoIP database for IPv4 and IPv6 are updated. The AADServer needs to be able to download and use the latest, most-uptodate GeoIP databases. |
| - | There is no automatic installation of an update in the event we have published an update. It will be required to manually check our website for updates, download the the lastest AADS build and install the update. |
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If you want to install your license on the next, different server, a License Reset is required. Note: updating your current AADServer with the latest AADS build does not count as an installation; it counts as an update. |
The full, payed versions of our products do use an "Offline" license as default. This implies that only once, while running the Setup program, an internet connection is required. After the installation of AADS Terminal Server, you can disconnect the AADServer from the Internet.
Note: should you use our RDP Firewall with GeoIP Location filtering, the AADServer does need an internet connection, because once a week or more often, the GeoIP database for IPv4 and IPv6 are updated. The AADServer needs to be able to download and use the latest, most-up-to-date GeoIP databases.
If you have a full, paid version of AADS Terminal Server, it is possible to change the License Type using the Offline versus Online License type procedure. After you have changed the License Type from Online to Offline, or vice versa, it is required to re-install the AADS Terminal Server software. Do not un-install AADS Terminal Server. Re-run the AADS Terminal Server Setup program on top of the current installation. The AADS Terminal Server Setup program will set the license correctly.
See the FAQ about Administrative Reasons.
Uninstall AADServer has NO relevance for the AADS License Scheme.
Uninstall software is irrelevant when it is about Licensed Software, because using disk-copies or using VM's (Virtualization) it is possible to make a "complete backup" including the Software License, just prior to uninstall, implying that the act of uninstall of the Software License is irrelevant for upholding the License Scheme.
When it is about Software Licenses, install and using is relevant, and only when installing or using AADServer, the AADS License will be validated:
A HTTPS-request and reply is sent to our License Servers in order to validate your license. AADS Terminal Server behaves like a normal browser when contacting the License Servers. It does a HTTPS-request on port 443. If the HTTPS-request fails, the same request is re-tried using HTTP on port 80.
Optional you can specify a IPv4 HTTP(S)-Proxy server (IPv6 Proxy is not supported...)
The following Domain Names are used for the License Verification protocol:
Currently we operate Farms with License Servers at the following IP Addresses:
Please note: although we do attempt not to change these IP Addresses, we can not guarantee that we will never ever change them...
A license number is represented in 2 different ways:
When you are installing AADS Full, you will need to enter the License Number in the 12 position format.
AADS Maintenance Control will show you the License Number in the 18 position format.
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