several parallel Plaxis jobs

Question

Good day, 
 I would like to inform you in advance that I have no experience with Plaxis. 
 Our institute has 12 x PLAXIS 2D Suite Academic licenses. The idea is to set up a computer or server on which the numerical calculations would run in order to relieve or to free the local PCs. My question is: 
 
 Is it possible to start several (parallel) Plaxis jobs on one computer or operating system (also virtually) in the same Bentley account? 
 Is it possible to start several (parallel) Plaxis jobs on different computers or operating systems (also virtually) in the same Bentley account? 
 Is it possible in the same operating system to start several Plaxis jobs from different Windows accounts (from different Bentley accounts)? 
 
 Thanks in advance Andr&eacute; Vogel

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Andr&eacute; , 
 PLAXIS applications utilize the Bentley Licensing System. That means that since you have 12 x PLAXIS 2D licenses you can launch up to 12 PLAXIS sessions (Input/Output) in different PCs. 
 
 No, only one PLAXIS Input session (incl. calculations) can be launched per computer. Note that PLAXIS Input and PLAXIS Output count as one license being used. 
 Yes, one Bentley account can be used in multiple PCs, within the 12 licenses limit you own. 
 No, as this is limited by what is mentioned in the first bullet point. 
 
 Note that with our latest PLAXIS version we have introduced a Calculation manager to allow for running multiple 2D and 3D projects without the need to open each project and click on calculate. Here is an informative video: Calculation manager for PLAXIS 2D and PLAXIS 3D - PLAXIS | SOILVISION Wiki - PLAXIS | SOILVISION - Bentley Communities 
 Regarding virtual machines, the idea is still the same, as in the end you can only launch one PLAXIS Input session per virtual machine and you can use the same Bentley account in different virtual machines. 
 Please note the following on how we compute the usage: How remote usage is recorded - Licensing and Activation Wiki - Licensing and Activation - Bentley Communities 
 More information on the flexible licensing system PLAXIS has: PLAXIS CONNECT Edition: Flexible license solution - PLAXIS | SOILVISION Wiki - PLAXIS | SOILVISION - Bentley Communities