![]() Autodesk is transitioning to a named-user licensing scheme, where each individual user must maintain an account (like individual Autodesk subscriptions work now) rather than using a network license manager to share licenses among multiple users.Įxisting network licenses may be renewed at the same price until August 2020, while new network licenses may be obtained at the 33% price increase that was announced in February 2020. I’ll not reprint all the FAQ responses here, but I do want to highlight a few of the new policies as they pertain to CAD managers with network licenses: Many questions about these policies can be answered by visiting the FAQ entry in the Autodesk Knowledge Network, which was published right after the announcement. It contains some of the details of this announcement that were clarified in my conversation with Carl White, vice president of business models and pricing at Autodesk (which we’ll delve into shortly). If you’ve not had a chance to look at the announcement video Autodesk released on February 24, 2020, I suggest you take a moment to do so (remembering that the May dates included therein are now pushed back to August). This forthcoming change in licensing policy is somewhat intricate, and has generated a lot of questions from readers, so in this edition of the CAD Manager’s Newsletter I’ll provide some clarification on the changes that will have the most impact CAD managers. ![]() Autodesk asked me to share some additional information that may help clear up some of your questions, and to inform my readers that in response to the business turmoil created by COVID-19, the date for implementation of the plan has been moved to August 2020 (and the retirement date moved to August 2021). ![]() Right after publication, I was contacted by Autodesk's PR team. In the previous edition of the CAD Manager’s Newsletter, we explored Autodesk’s announcement that it would retire network licensing by May 2021, in favor of a 100% named-user subscription licensing approach that would begin in May 2020. Autodesk Delays Implementation of Named-User Licensing Approach 24 Mar, 2020 By: Robert Green CAD Manager Column: The move from perpetual or floating network licenses to named-user licenses has been pushed out to August 2020, but it is definitely still happening - so CAD managers need to prepare now.
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