The difference between the last two is whether your engineers have internet connectivity and so can use our cloud license servers for handing out available licenses or if not and they will need to connect to a server hosted on premise through a Local Area Network. There are three types of licenses, Standalone, Private Server, and On-Demand.Ī Standalone license is intended to be used by one person on up to three computers (at work, at home, or on a laptop when traveling one at a time.) If sharing a license is more advantageous using an On-Demand or Private Server license is the correct choice. And this screenshot illustrates the key elements: This video covers the use of all types of licenses. Solution Details The steps necessary to use a license vary a little depending on the license type used by your organization, but in any case, you'll need to start at the license management page where you will log in with your AltiumLive credentials, or connect to your private license server, select a license with available seats and click the 'Use' or 'Activate' control just below.

What do I have to do to get the software licensed so I can use it? Starting in Version: 18.0 I have purchased a license, and I've downloaded and installed the software for Altium Designer.

Altium license manager