Bentley-Hosted Service vs. Deployed License Server

Hosting with Bentley Provides Zero-Configuration Option for Deployment

Bentley SELECT subscribers have traditionally deployed the SELECT Server license management tools onto servers in their own organizations. This placed a burden of license management and additional hardware resources on each subscriber; however, it was necessary in previous versions given how SELECT Server worked.

With SELECT Server XM Edition, there is no longer a requirement for a real-time connection from a user’s computer to the licensing server. It is no longer necessary for any organization to shoulder the burden of license server maintenance—unless of course they want to.

Bentley-Hosted Service

Many organizations are now requesting the Bentley-hosted option to manage their license pools in Bentley's state-of-the-art data center, thus removing the burden of license server management. The Bentley-hosted option is an easy, zero-configuration option for all organizations wanting to benefit from pooled licensing.

Bentley-hosted licensing offers all organizations the same benefits of pooled licenses and usage reporting as a deployed server does, but does not require the same hardware, software, or personnel investment.

If you are undecided regarding which option would best suit you, ask yourself the following questions:

Do I have spare time to manage more hardware?
Do I have spare people to manage more software?
Do I have spare money to fund this extra effort?

If your answer to any of the questions is “no” then the Bentley-hosted option is the one for you.

Of course, the Bentley-hosted SELECT Server is one of the included benefits of SELECT subscription, so it won’t cost your organization an extra penny.

See the table below for a summary of benefits - you will note that the Bentley-hosted option shares all of the deployed SELECT Server benefits with none of the overhead: (add section for always upgraded to latest version)

The Bentley-hosted service provides 100 percent of SELECT Server XM benefits with none of the investment associated with a self-installed, self-maintained deployed license server.