MicroStation Entitlement gone AWOL

What a surprise!  Last night I was using MicroStation CONNECT; this morning 07-Nov-19 I can't.  In Bentley Licensing I see this...

What happened to my entitlement to MicroStation CONNECT?  I can continue to use MicroStation V8i, which receives a valid license.

Why, in the wacky world of Bentley licensing, can I continue to use CONNECT Advisor, Connection Client and MicroStation V8i?

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  • It was technical demonstration that license capping is possible using new CONNECT licensing. 

    So is there announcement regarding this event and what to do if it happens again?

  • well that was demonstrated several times the last 2 years. I stopped counting. Wonder why that stuff gets more stable. We need to stay functional even if our proxy or whatever fails.

  • My 50 Cents. A multi-billion $ german automomotive company with 100s (maybe 1000s) of Microstation licenses has issued a new CAD-Guideline 4 days ago, telling that the product they use is STILL MS-V8i SS4.

    Only one month before support for ss4 runs out on 01.01.2020 !

    And so they DEFINITELY STILL NOT use CONNECT Licensing although Select-Licensing is discontinued after 01.01.2021 !

    Of course a company with so many licenses has a different Value to Bentley than our shed in the neck of the woods !

    The same company has also issued a statement of their legal department that Bentleys terms of use for the Connection-Client (as for all cloud platforms) ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THEM FOR PRIVACY REASONS at this moment !

    So what might have happened:

    mb$gac says: OK we know about the risk to run SS4 for one more year although support has been discontinued and every Windows-Patch may have hilarious consequences (thats very unlikely)

    mb$gac said: Bentley come over, KNEEL and offer me a solution i can acccept and Bentley did it ?

    mb$gac has secretly ditched Bentley and is using something else in the future ?

    PS: the same mb$gac has ditched Dassault-Catia in favour of Siemens NX in the past, so they HAVE the Power to ditch Bentley as well.

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  • My 50 Cents. A multi-billion $ german automomotive company with 100s (maybe 1000s) of Microstation licenses has issued a new CAD-Guideline 4 days ago, telling that the product they use is STILL MS-V8i SS4.

    Only one month before support for ss4 runs out on 01.01.2020 !

    And so they DEFINITELY STILL NOT use CONNECT Licensing although Select-Licensing is discontinued after 01.01.2021 !

    Of course a company with so many licenses has a different Value to Bentley than our shed in the neck of the woods !

    The same company has also issued a statement of their legal department that Bentleys terms of use for the Connection-Client (as for all cloud platforms) ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THEM FOR PRIVACY REASONS at this moment !

    So what might have happened:

    mb$gac says: OK we know about the risk to run SS4 for one more year although support has been discontinued and every Windows-Patch may have hilarious consequences (thats very unlikely)

    mb$gac said: Bentley come over, KNEEL and offer me a solution i can acccept and Bentley did it ?

    mb$gac has secretly ditched Bentley and is using something else in the future ?

    PS: the same mb$gac has ditched Dassault-Catia in favour of Siemens NX in the past, so they HAVE the Power to ditch Bentley as well.

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