CTX103366 - License Models Explained This document was published at: http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX103366 Document ID: CTX103366, Created on: Feb 10, 2004, Updated: Feb 11, 2004 Products: Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2003, Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 for Microsoft Windows 2000, Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Microsoft Windows 2000 There are two main categories of licenses: packaged or standard licenses and electronic licenses (formerly called Corporate License Program). Packaged licenses are basically the licenses supplied to retailers and are included in the packaged product (so-called shrinkwraps). These are the most common licenses. Examples include the MetaFrame XPs Starterkit with five user licenses. Electronic licenses are available to corporate customers with 5000 or more connection licenses. These licenses include: A. ELP: Enterprise Licensing Program B. PLP: Premium Licensing Program C. FLEX: Current Volume Licensing scheme The three programs are basically the same ? they just represent different timeframes. ELP was our first scheme, replaced by PLP, and then more recently by the FLEX program. Open Licenses bridge the gap between packaged licenses and the electronic licensing program. The following table describes the differences between packaged, open, and electronic licenses: Type Volume Distribution Activation Fulfillment Packaged 0?1000 connection licenses By physical packs Manually from the mycitrix site Instantly on the Web site (new licenses are displayed immediately) Open 1000?4999 connection licenses Electronically Auto-activating Instantly Electronic 5000+ connection licenses Electronically Auto-activating Request is processed and licenses are distributed electronically Benefits of the Packages Electronic license packs can be custom sized. The customer can choose in how he wants his connection licenses and what size each pack should be (for example: 6000 licenses are available; the customer chooses five packs of 250, one pack of 234, one pack of 66, two packs of 975, and 20 packs of 125=6000). He can also change those amounts later on, making the license count flexible. Open licenses and packaged licenses don?t have this benefit. Open and electronic licenses are auto-activating. Packaged and open licenses get an instant result when fulfilling the licenses, while electronic licenses are fulfilled by a special process and are delivered with a delay of about five working days. ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale What's keeping you from getting more from your terminal servers? Did you know, in most cases, CPU Utilization IS NOT the single biggest constraint to scaling up?! Get this free white paper to understand the real constraints & how to overcome them. SAVE MONEY by scaling-up rather than buying more servers. http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=147 ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm