SELECTserver Sunset Date

Got this in an email from Bentley today. I haven't seen any mention of it on the Communities, so here it is...

"After two decades of service, SELECTserver will be retired on December 31, 2020 for both hosted and deployed licensing. It has become increasingly difficult for us to maintain SELECTserver, to ensure its security and reliability, and to deliver enhancements and capabilities expected for modern application and cloud-based software.

Once SELECTserver is retired, application pooling will be continued and improved through CONNECT Licensing for all V8i SS10 or CONNECT Edition applications. CONNECT Licensing is being used successfully by over 50% of Bentley user organizations to manage their application licenses, has proven to be robust and reliable, and includes the enhancements and improvements Bentley users have long requested for their licensing administration.

If you are using older applications and wish to avoid reverting to node-locked licenses at the end of 2020, please begin formulating your plans immediately to move to V8i SS10 or CONNECT Edition applications and to adopt CONNECT Licensing. We recognize that an application upgrade will require planning and time, and therefore we are adjusting our current Support Policy to support and accommodate your transition.

Our Support Policy, effective today, is revised as follows:

  • Expiring Support for V8i SS10 applications, which had been scheduled to begin January 1, 2020, will be deferred for one year to begin on January 1, 2021. Support for V8i SS10 will be discontinued on December 31, 2021. 
  • Expiring Support for V8i application versions (other than V8i SS10), which had been scheduled to end on December 31, 2019, will now be extended until June 30, 2020.
  • For accounts using older V8i versions who have substantially progressed in their migration to either V8i SS10 or CONNECT Edition by July 1, 2020, an extension of Expiring Support may be granted until December 31, 2020.

We are making these changes to provide accounts using older V8i versions additional time to plan and implement your migration to either V8i SS10 or the CONNECT Edition, and to help you avoid any disruption to your pooled licensing.

Please remember that your Bentley Account Manager and members of our Success Force stand ready to help you."

The first sentence of the email is the most important line of the entire email, you have one year to get off of your old software before it stops working completely. There are a few DOT's I know still using InRoads SS2 that are going to have a hard time upgrading by this deadline. This is especially true for organizations who already have set budgets for next year that don't include completing the upgrade.