SELECT Server provides organizations with an ability to maximize license utilization and minimize the burden of administration through the use of pooled and trust licensing.
Pooled Licensing
Pooled licensing is the primary reason to choose SELECT Server. With pooling, licenses are made available to any user when needed rather than being permanently assigned to individual computers. Therefore, all licenses are available for use by the entire team more of the time, leading to much higher utilization rates and a greater return on investment.
Subscribing organizations report that in a pooled license scenario, each license is used by up to 1.5 employees, further increasing the return, i.e., usage reports typically show that an organization with 150 users will consume just 100 pooled licenses of any one product type.
Trust Licensing
Trust licensing, introduced with the release of SELECT Server XM, records product sessions on the desktop, and compiles pooled license utilization reports on the server. This enables CIOs and IT directors to balance their technology portfolio and provide optimum license coverage for their organization.
With trust licensing, disconnected users need only connect to SELECT Server once every 30 days to be granted a right to run their Bentley software.
The benefits are:
- Users can always access project tools and content to get their work done
- SELECT Server reports provide valuable and necessary insight for managers
- Licensing is made simple for users and administrators