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# Licensing flow

This topic provides a high-level flow for setting up your trial license.

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## Overview

To get started with OpenText Software Delivery Management, you begin with a 90-day on-premises free trial for 100 users. You can then install an OpenText Software Delivery Management license file, or allocate licenses from OpenText Application Quality Management.

Before you begin a trial, you should be familiar with the different editions. OpenText Software Delivery Management is available in Enterprise and Pro Editions. For details, see OpenText Software Delivery Management editions in the OpenText Software Delivery Management Help Center.

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## Request a trial

Submit a request for a free trial here: https://www.opentext.com/en-gb/products/software-delivery-management.

When you first start using OpenText Software Delivery Management, you automatically receive a Trial license which gives you a 90-day trial for 100 users.

By default, your trial is Enterprise Edition, which allows one shared space. If you create a shared space in an Enterprise Edition trial and then install a license for Pro Edition, the trial shared space should not be used in a production environment since the sharing capabilities may not be supported in future releases.

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## Using Pro Edition

There is no Pro Edition trial.

To work with Pro Edition:

1. Install OpenText Software Delivery Management Enterprise Edition as your trial type, but do not create shared spaces. If you create a shared space during an Enterprise Edition trial and then install a Pro Edition license, the shared space is deactivated.

2. Get an evaluation Pro Edition license from your Sales account manager, or create a support ticket for a one-time evaluation license.

3. In the OpenText Software Delivery Management Settings area, apply your Pro Edition license. For details about applying licenses, see Installing a license.

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## Installing a license

After you install and configure your trial instance, you can purchase licenses for Enterprise or Pro Edition. You then install your license key (.dat file) in OpenText Software Delivery Management.

Alternatively, you can allocate your current licenses from OpenText Application Quality Management and share them with OpenText Software Delivery Management. Licenses can be allocated from OpenText Application Quality Management (ALM.Net) Edition to OpenText Software Delivery Management Enterprise Edition, or from OpenText Application Quality Management (QC) Enterprise Edition to OpenText Software Delivery Management Pro Edition.

Note: You can share up to 15% of your licenses from OpenText Application Quality Management, or up to 150 licenses, the lower of the two.

For more details, see Manage licenses in the OpenText Software Delivery Management Help Center.

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Next steps:

- Installation flow

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