PPM license types

PPM offers you two types of user licenses: named licenses and concurrent licenses. You can install the license type that can best support your business.

In this topic:

Named license

A named license is individualized. Only the user named can access specific features of PPM. And the user can access PPM anytime and anywhere.

What features can named licenses cover

• Configuration
• User Administration
• Application Portfolio Analyst
• Application Portfolio User
• Demand Management
• Deployment Management
• Portfolio Management
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Time Management

Named license capacity check

PPM checks the capacity of named licenses when you assign them to users. If a named license limit is reached, you cannot assign that license to users.

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Concurrent license

Concurrent licenses enable a pool of licenses to be shared across a group of potential users, ensuring that at no point in time is the maximum concurrent number of licenses exceeded.

For example, in a four-user concurrent user license setup, four users, regardless of who they are, can simultaneously access PPM, but another user is unable to log in until one of the four users logs out.

Typically, concurrent licenses are purchased for the maximum number of people who will be using PPM.

What features can concurrent licenses cover

• Foundation - Over 25 Users
• Configuration
• User Administration
• Demand Management
• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Program Management
• Time Management

Concurrent license capacity check

PPM does not check the capacity of concurrent licenses when you assign them to users. You can assign installed concurrent licenses to as many users as possible.

PPM checks the capacity when the users that are assigned the concurrent license log in to PPM. If the concurrent license limit is reached, a warning message pops up when another user tries to log into PPM: Cannot login. The limit for concurrent online users has been reached. Try again later.

Force end a concurrent session

If the concurrent license limit is reached, you can forcibly rclose inactive sessions to release the concurrent licenses. Use the ALLOW_CONC_LIC_STEAL_AFTER_IDLE_DELAY_IN_MINUTES parameter to configure this. For details, see the ALLOW_CONC_LIC_STEAL_AFTER_IDLE_DELAY_IN_MINUTES parameter in Server parameters.

Compatibility with Portfolio Optimization and Mobility licenses

If you have installed the Portfolio Optimization or the Mobility license, they can both work with the related concurrent licenses.

• If Portfolio Optimization is enabled, all concurrent license users who have the Portfolio Management licenses can access the feature.

• If PPM Mobility Access is enabled, all concurrent users who have the Demand Management licenses can access the feature.

Known issue for new users

Known issue: If you use instance-on or Eval licenses and assign such licenses to some users in the trial period, after you install the concurrent licenses, the PPM Server cannot be started.

Cause: The instance-on and Eval licenses are named licenses. They are disabled once you install the concurrent licenses. When the PPM Server starts, PPM will check whether the number of the users that are assigned named licenses exceeds the license number. Since no named license exists in PPM, PPM cannot be started.

Solution: A script is provided to help you transform the named-licensed users to concurrent-licensed users.

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Concurrent license FAQs

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