{"id":159702,"date":"2022-09-26T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-floating-licensing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:32:51","slug":"discovery-floating-licensing","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-floating-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Floating Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2  id=\"WHAT-IS-DISCOVERY-FLOATING-LICENSE\"><strong>What is\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Discovery<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Floating License?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This license is for use by customers who cannot utilize cloud-based subscription licensing for Discovery products. Reasons for this may include firewall constraints or data privacy concerns.<\/li>\n<li>This license has the same capabilities as the standard version of ANSYS Discovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2  id=\"HOW-TO-GET-DISCOVERY-FLOATING-EVALUATION-LICENSE\"><strong>How to get\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Discovery<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Floating Evaluation license?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact your ANSYS Sales Administrator for\u00a0Discovery Floating Evaluation license.<\/li>\n<li>The license file will be sent to you via email. This email will also have a pdf document attached with instructions for downloading and installing the software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2  id=\"DOES-DISCOVERY-FLOATING-LICENSE-REQUIRE-A-DIFFERENT-INSTALLER\"><strong>Does\u00a0Discovery Floating license require a different installer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No,\u00a0<\/strong>Floating and Subscription licensing are supported in the same installation package.<\/li>\n<li>During installation you will be prompted to choose between Subscription and Floating licensing mode.<\/li>\n<li>The licensing mode\u00a0can also be changed after installation using the\u00a0Discovery Licensing Mode Manager.<\/li>\n<li>Instructions for downloading and installing the software are attached in the mail containing\u00a0the license file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-159702","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-discovery-aim","topic-tag-discovery-live","topic-tag-installation","topic-tag-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["09-13-2022  20:20:18"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159546"],"_btv_view_count":["682"],"family":["Discovery Products"],"application_name":[""],"product_version":["2022R2"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}