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Bentley has replaced SELECTserver licensing with our new Subscription Entitlement Services licensing. This new licensing gives you more control over license usage and provides enhanced clarity for end-user Feature Level selection, helping prevent unintended overages. For a 3-minute video on benefits to OpenFlows users, see this.
Starting January 1, 2021, support for SELECTserver will start to become discontinued and users on older, SELECTserver-licensed versions will want to upgrade in order to avoid any disruption. More information on this "sunsetting" of SELECTserver can be found in the following article (you may need to forward this link to your Administrator to access): Maintaining your Licenses and Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Would you prefer to watch a one minute video about this? See below.
To check if your OpenFlows products are using the older SELECTserver licensing, check the version number. This is found under File > Help > About, or Help > About (depending on your product and version).
If you are using version 10.02.XX.XX or greater of an OpenFlows product, then you are already using our latest "SES" licensing. If you are using an earlier version, you are using the older SELECTserver licensing and will want to upgrade.
Note: if your organization does not have a SELECT subscription ("Non-SELECT") and you're using a SELECTserver-licensed version, the license needs to be "checked out" in order to work, which essentially locks the license to the computer and is not "pooled". Such checked out licenses will not be impacted by the SELECTserver deprecation and will continue to work as long as the license is checked out (and you will still be able to check in/out between computers if needed). However, since you will be using unsupported software, there are other downsides as described in the Support Policy and it is strongly recommended that you upgrade. Upgrading does not require re-purchasing a new license; you can simply cover it under a SELECT subscription to receive the no-additional-cost upgrades among other benefits.
To check for other users in your organization who may also need to upgrade, (for SELECT or ELS subscribers) your administrator can use the reports at reporting.bentley.com.
If you are still using an older, SELECTserver-licensed version, you will want to upgrade to a newer version of the product that uses our new licensing.
If another person in your organization manages your Bentley OpenFlows licenses (such as your IT or HelpDesk administrator), please share the following information to guide them through the upgrade. A list of your Administrators can be seen by going to https://connect.bentley.com. Below the Welcome Banner, click on the 'How are you CONNECTED?' link; you will find a list of your site Administrators in the “Administrators” tab.
The following information addresses concerns you may have about upgrading from your current version.
if your organization does not have a SELECT subscription ("Non-SELECT") and you're using a SELECTserver-licensed version, the license needs to be "checked out" in order to work, which essentially locks the license to the computer and is not "pooled". Such checked out licenses will not be impacted by the SELECTserver deprecation and will continue to work as long as the license is checked out (and you will still be able to check in/out between computers if needed). However, since you will be using unsupported software, there are other downsides as described in the Support Policy and it is strongly recommended that you upgrade. Upgrading does not require re-purchasing a new license; you can simply cover it under a SELECT subscription to receive the no-additional-cost upgrades among other benefits.
If you have more questions about this or need assistance with the upgrade, please contact Technical Support via Service Request or forum (OpenFlows / Licensing)
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