EZ Suite License Codes and Activations
New license management system from EZ Suite version 20 and onwards
Starting with version 20, all EZ Suite applications now use a new license management system powered by Nalpeiron’s Zentitle platform.
License keys from version 16 or earlier will not work at all with version 20.
The new license management system offers several key advantages.
A single license code now covers an entire suite of products, regardless of its composition. In previous versions, you needed to apply a separate license key for each product. The new license code only needs to be applied once.
The license code can be automatically updated whenever its settings change. This means the same code can evolve over time by adding or removing products, updating versions, adjusting expiration dates, changing the number of permitted activations, or modifying any other licensed parameters. With this system, there is no need to reapply the license code because all updates occur automatically and transparently.
To enable this flexibility, the licensing system regularly checks the current status of the license. It does this by granting a temporary lease for a defined period, which can range from a few hours to several months.
Since the license code now manages the entire suite as a single entity, the products included in the suite cannot be separated and used individually on different computers.
There are two ways to obtain a license lease: Online and Offline.
Online (default)
When the computer has a direct internet connection, the license management process is fully transparent. The system automatically and regularly updates and verifies the license status on the computer.
In most cases, it can handle standard proxy configurations. By setting up the proxy correctly within the product, you can ensure a connection to both our servers and Nalpeiron’s server, eliminating the extra steps required for offline registration.
The only current limitation is that the Nalpeiron system does not support “Auto-detect proxy settings.” If this option is enabled in your environment, you will need to configure the proxy settings manually.
Offline
If the computer does not have internet access, or if the product cannot connect to our servers or Nalpeiron’s server, the offline registration process must be used.
This process generates a unique certificate that must be sent to Nalpeiron’s server to obtain a final license certificate. The product’s offline registration workflow handles this automatically. Once the final certificate is applied to the computer, it grants a temporary license lease that will need to be renewed upon expiration (30 days by default).
There are two ways to complete the offline registration: by email or through a web browser (which can be on any other computer with internet access).
The email method may take longer, as it depends on mail server availability and latency.
The browser method is faster and immediate—the final certificate is generated as soon as you click the Send button. You’ll receive it by email, and a direct download link is also provided on the result page, allowing you to obtain the final certificate without waiting for the email. In most cases, the entire process takes less than two minutes.
For more information about Online and Offline registration, see the details on this page.
License activation - what are the rules?
Each time a license lease is granted, whether Online or Offline, it is counted as one activation. When an existing lease is renewed, it does not create a new activation; it simply updates the current activation.
Each license code allows a limited number of concurrent activations, as defined by the purchased license. Once this limit is reached, any new activation request will be refused by the system.
License information is stored in the current user environment and tied to the Windows session. As a result, two different users on the same computer will be counted as two activations.
Online and Offline registrations use different references, so an Online activation and an Offline activation will be counted as two separate activations.
Each virtual machine is also counted as one activation.
Windows systems with Hyper-V enabled are treated as virtual machines, so they will be counted as a separate activation. In rare cases, each lease renewal on such a system may mistakenly be counted as a new activation. Please contact Ytria support so we can help resolve this situation.
Nalpeiron’s license management system will keep an activation marked as active and awaiting lease renewal, even if its last lease expired several months ago. These activations are still counted, in addition to those with a currently valid lease. You can remove an activation from a computer at any time to free up a slot and allow new activations.