LaaS overview

LaaS licenses are managed from within the License Administration service in CONNECT. All users of LaaS for licensing applications are first authenticated by CONNECT. A license is checked out when a user launches an application and is successfully authenticated and is available exclusively to the user until it is released.

The View and download reports in the License Administration service lists which users have or previously had a LaaS license.

Note: A LaaS license is also known as a Lease.

A license in LaaS is held until the end of the lease period, which is midnight of the timezone set in License administration, and is released if the application is inactive at midnight. However, if the application remains active the license stays checked out until midnight of next day. This differs to the AVEVA Licensing System (ALS) where the license is released as soon as the user logs out or closes the application. For more information on timezones, see View and manage settings.

If the user closes the application and accesses it again before the release of the license, the same license is reused and a new session is recorded for the user.