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Distributing Licenses to Unmanaged Users (Groove 3.1 or Earlier)
Updated: April 1, 2008
Applies To: Groove Server 2007
Updated: 2008-04-01
If you need to issue individual licenses to unmanaged Groove users, such as consultants, you can use the license details page on the management server. Users must have Groove installed on their devices and be connected to the Internet in order install an individual product package. When a Groove user applies a Product key to Groove, Groove contacts the management server and downloads the appropriate product packages to the user’s machine.
To issue Groove licenses to Groove users who are not members of a management domain (in environments that support managed users running Groove 3.1 or earlier):
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Go to the Groove Manager administrative Web site, select a domain, and make sure that the option Support license management for version 3.1 and earlier Groove clients is selected on the Domain Properties page.
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Select the domain’s Legacy License Management heading in the navigation pane. The License Sets page appears with a list of license sets.
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Select a license set. The Licenses page appears with a list of licenses.
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From the Licenses page, click the license for which you want information. The license details window appears with the following information:
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Product key
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Activation server (management server) CA name
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Name of each license constituent
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Copy the product key and Activation server (management server) name, then click OK.
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Send the product key and Activation server name to the unmanaged Groove user.
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To gain access to the issued license(s), the recipient must do the following:
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Connect to the Internet.
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Start Groove.
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From the Help menu, select Configure Account.
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In the Product key field, enter the Product key for the appropriate product.
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In the Configuration provided by: field, enter the host name of the Account Configuration/management server for the appropriate product.
This installs the product package into the unmanaged user’s account but does not make the user a domain member under your management. No Groove contact information is affected, no other products or licenses are transferred, no policies or relay server assignments are assigned, and no statistics for general Groove usage are collected.
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Note:
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If your company uses proxy servers to control traffic out to the Internet and a user has not logged into the network, Groove will trap any login request from the proxy and display a login window during the product activation process. The user should enter the customary name and password in order to proceed smoothly. If a user ignores this login, the product activation fails. |
