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Chapter 8
License Grouping
This chapter describes how you can create and manage license groups.
A group is a package of licenses (templates) that you want to program in the
Sentinel Key for your customers. 1 The license groups are created in the
License Manager screen. Different groups can be created to create different
license packages.
Why Create Groups?
The ability to bundle license templates into groups allows you to create
innovative licensing models in the most straight-forward manner. Using
groups you can:
Program multiple licenses into a single Sentinel Key in just a few
clicks. Because each license is independent of the other, the Sentinel
Key makes it possible for you to offer products for both enterprise-level
and small-scale customers.
Modify the licensing values—like expiration date/time, executions,
number of users—without modifying the application protection code.
Since these values are preserved as groups, the licensing strategies
can be reused to fulfill different customer requirements.
1. The distributor keys are also programmed with a group.
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