Multi-user license

For easier license administration in large offices, a multi-user license is available. This license functions exactly like a standard annual license, but can be used to activate three or more workstations. Administrators of large workgroups are advised to consider this licensing option.

Terms

• The license is valid for one year from the date of creation. Perpetual multi-user licenses do not exist.

• Number of seats = number of license activations: from 3 to 100.

• Price is the same as a standard annual license multiplied by the number of seats. AVC Pro for 10 seats will cost 150 x 10 = 1,500 euros.

Advantages of a multi-user license

• One account for everyone. No need to maintain an up-to-date email list for your employees. No need to send this list to AVC technical support annually after each payment.

• Employees won't forget their AVC account passwords. A shared password for one account is used.

• You can distribute AVC account settings to all office computers as a REG file or as a Windows domain group policy. No need to configure anything on users' computers. In this case, employees don't even need to know the password for the administrator account to which the license is registered.

• One validity period for everyone. No need to monitor the validity of each individual license and replenish the necessary accounts throughout the year.

• Easily track the number of unused activations. AutoCAD is not required on the administrator's computer; the AVC_Updater utility can be used for administration.

• Easily delete unnecessary activations and transfer plug-ins to new computers. As soon as a computer is removed from the activation list, a free activation immediately appears. And you can immediately activate another computer.

• You can transfer activations from one computer to another every minute. This allows you to save on seats and use plugins only where they're needed immediately.

• You can purchase seats "in reserve." If you expand your team, you won't have to contact AVC technical support, notify them, and top up your new account.

• You can expand the number of workstations at any time. Simply purchase another multi-user or standard license for the same account. You can have as many licenses as you want on a single account. The validity period for these additional licenses will vary. However, this won't prevent you from upgrading them to a single, larger multi-user license next year.

• All your employees will receive all plugin updates.

Multi-user license issues

• Offline activation is not possible. All computers must connect to the AVC servers.

• Perpetual multi-user licenses do not exist. They are valid for one year only.

• A multi-user license is not a network license. License transfer from one computer to another does not occur automatically. You must manually delete the old activation and click OK once on the other workstation. Network licenses for AVC do not exist.

• One account for everyone. You will have to share the administrator account password with all users. Or learn how to work with the Windows registry or AD group policies.

• One account for everyone. It is unacceptable to activate users' home computers simply because you cannot revoke the license from a terminated employee. The only thing you can do to prevent a user from activating plugins is to change the administrator account password.

• Changing the administrator password will require changing it on all user computers (or distributing a new REG file).

• The license does not grant the right to activate a second (home) computer for free. You only get the number of activations you paid for. For home computers not owned by the company, you'll need to purchase separate annual licenses for each employee's account. However, if an employee's laptop is company-owned and will be returned upon termination, you can simply purchase additional workstations for a single multi-user license.

• One validity period for everyone. This is a risk. If you don't pay for the next license on time, no one in the office will be able to use AVC.

• One validity period for everyone. If an employee activates their computer six months after the license starts, you've simply lost money. You can buy "spare" activations. But if no one uses them, the license will expire, and you've simply lost money.

• Refunds for unused activations (workstations) are not available.

• When the license expires, the first user to invoke the plugin command will receive a message prompting them to purchase a new license. If funds are already available in the account (and you should have taken care of this in advance), the user will simply click OK, and the program will issue a new license for the same number of workstations as last year. You can't prevent users from doing this because everyone works under the same account. Therefore, if you plan to change the number of workstations, purchase the new license a little in advance, a day before the current one expires.

• The license validity period starts from the moment the money is received and the license is issued.