There are five different license types. ManagerPlus Pro has a separate licensing type, Enterprise has three user types, and EasyLinks is licensed separatly.
In ManagerPlus Pro, a user license is a “computer install” license.
A five user license would permit you to install the ManagerPlus Pro client on five separate computers connecting to a single database (this is independent of the number of users created within the software).
In ManagerPlus Enterprise, the number of client installs is unlimited but the number of users created is managed by the licenses purchased.
Named User – This is typically best for smaller environments. A named user allows you to create a login. The login created can only log into ManagerPlus from one computer at any given time. To release the license, you can inactivate or delete the named user.
If you have five named user licenses, then you can create five users and any particular user can only be logged in from one computer at any given time.
Concurrent User – This can be a good option for large environments or environments where many people need full access to the software but they don’t need it very often. A concurrent user license allows you to create as many users as you would like but only one user will be able to access the database from one computer at any given time.
If you have five concurrent user licenses, then you can create as many concurrent users as you would like but only five of them will be able to log into the database (each of them, only from one computer) at any given time.
Mobile User – Mobile users work like named users (can only create one user per license) but mobile users are limited to the mobile module.
In EasyLinks (Pro or Enterprise) – EasyLinks users are unlimited… if the EasyLinks module is purchased, then you can create as many EasyLinks users as you would like. In Enterprise, this is done by giving a contact (vendor, employee, customer) access to EasyLinks. In Pro, this is done by creating a user and giving them rights to “create a request.”
If you have any questions about users please contact your sales representative or technical support.
updated: 2013-03-04 08:08:09