9.0

ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Corporate Edition
System Administrator’s Guide
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Managing Licenses
General
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 License Manager is a utility specifically designed for managing ABBYY FineReader licenses. The License Manager
is installed on the License Administrator Station when deploying the program in a local area network. For more information about
deploying ABBYY FineReader in a LAN, see Administrative installation.
The License Manager allows you to:
● add and activate licenses
● assign licenses to particular workstations
● obtain information about the parameters of your licenses
● update license statuses
License types
There are two types of license — Concurrent and Per Seat.
Concurrent licenses
Concurrent licenses are installed and activated by means of the License Manager utility. When ABBYY FineReader is launched on a
workstation, it connects to the server. If there is a free Concurrent license on the server, the program “takes” this free license. When
ABBYY FineReader is closed down, the license is released. If there are no free Concurrent licenses on the server, the program will issue
a warning message to that effect.
Note: In the case of Concurrent licenses, the total number of ABBYY FineReader copies that can be run simultaneously cannot exceed
the number of available Concurrent licenses. However, the number of installed copies can be greater than the number of available
concurrent licenses.
Concurrent license statuses
● Free
The license is free, i.e. it is not being used by any workstation.
● Assigned to
The license has been assigned to a workstation but is not currently being used by that workstation.
● Running on
The license has been assigned to a particular workstation and is being used by that workstation.
Per Seat licenses
Per Seat licenses are installed and activated by means of the License Manager utility.
When ABBYY FineReader is installed on a workstation, a Per Seat license is bound to that workstation as a result of an activation
process. Once the program has been activated, it will not access the server in order to obtain a license. This means that ABBYY
FineReader will operate autonomously on the workstation on which it has been activated.
Note: In the case of Per Seat licenses, the total number of installed ABBYY FineReader copies must be equal to the number of Per Seat
licenses.
Important! When you activate a Per Seat license on a workstation, the ABBYY FineReader 9.0 CE Licensing Service accesses
registration2.abbyy.com via port 80. If the security policy of your company does not allow accessing this address via port 80, you
must activate ABBYY FineReader manually when launching it on the workstations for the first time.
Per Seat license statuses
● Free
The license has not been bound to any workstation and will be served to the first workstation that asks the server for a
license.
● Assigned to
The license has been assigned to a particular workstation, but has not yet been installed on that workstation.
● Installed on
ABBYY FineReader has been installed on a workstation. During the installation process, the license was served to the
workstation, but has not yet been activated on it.
● Activated on
The license has been installed on a workstation and activated on that workstation. ABBYY FineReader can run autonomously
on that workstation.