Suites and CAD Managers
Jerry Milana
Autodesk Consulting
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Class Summary
This course will focus on strategies for deploying and licensing suites,
emphasizing transition from single products to suites in network licensed
environments.
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
 Explain how prior version entitlement is implemented.
 Describe License Cascading.
 Develop a migration plan to leverage Autodesk Suite product licensing.
 Manage a mixed inventory of Suite and point product network licenses.
 Manage deployment image sizes to accommodate bandwidth limitations.
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Jerry Milana
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Autodesk Consulting
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Senior Consultant
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Autodesk Platform Marketing
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Senior Technical Product Manager for Licensing and Install
Autodesk Product Support
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Technical lead
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Enterprise Implementation
SMS Deployment
Integration Consulting
Licensing
Install
Unix
Network Integration
Autodesk Partner
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Managed Autodesk Products
Managed System Integration Services
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Autodesk Design Suite Contents & Pricing
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Standard
Premium
Ultimate
MSRP $4295
MSRP $4995
MSRP $5995
($6,230 MSRP value)
($9,725 MSRP value)
($13,720 MSRP Value)
AutoCAD®
Autodesk®
SketchBook®
Designer
Autodesk®
Showcase®
Autodesk® Mudbox™
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AutoCAD®
Autodesk®
SketchBook®
Designer
Autodesk®
Showcase®
Autodesk® Mudbox™
Autodesk® 3ds Max®
Design
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AutoCAD®
Autodesk®
SketchBook®
Designer
Autodesk®
Showcase®
Autodesk® Mudbox™
Autodesk® 3ds Max®
Design
Autodesk® Alias®
Design
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Suite Licensing
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Permits a single user to use any mix of the products included in the
suite on a single machine.
Standalone licensed suite product components may not be installed
across multiple workstations.
Network licensed suite products will pull a single suite license per
user/workstation regardless of how many component products are
running at the same time on a given workstation.
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Hybrid Licensing
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Network licensed products may licensed with a combination of suite and
point product licenses.
When a product starts it will use the most economical license possible.
Subscription customers should relicense all suites and any point
product licenses on their license manager the same day.
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This only applies for those licenses where there is commonality in products.
 For example, if you have Autodesk Design Suite and AutoCAD subscription
licenses on your license manager you should obtain license files for both
products on the same day.
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Migration From Point Product Licensing
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If you are using network licensing transition to Suites is simple.
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Reinstallation of included point applications already installed is unnecessary
 Obtain desired Suite licenses
 Update your license manager(s)
 Deploy additional Suite components at your convenience
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If you are using standalone licensing you should reinstall all
applications included with the Suite that are already installed on the
target workstations.
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This action will assure that all applications are using the Suite product key.
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Prior Version Support
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Offered to Subscription Customers Only!
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If a Suite did not exist in the three prior release years you will get
access to the prior versions of the point products included in that Suite.
Network Versions
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License Manager will regulate sessions for the current version plus the prior 3
releases.
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2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009
Standalone Versions
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Autodesk systems will allow the current version plus three prior versions to be
activated on the same computer.
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Package License – Prior Version Support
PACKAGE 85788BDSADV_F adskflex 1.000
COMPONENTS="85788BDSADV_2012_0F \
85536ACD_2011_0F 85651BDSADV_2011_0F 85607SHOWCASE_2011_0F \
71200ACD_2010_0F 83900MBXPRO_2010_0F 82200STRDET_2010_0F \
73000BLDSYS_2010_0F 72200ARCHDESK_2010_0F 70000MAXDES_2010_0F \
74100REVIT_2010_0F 73900REVITST_2010_0F 73800RVTMPJ_2010_0F \
71400NAVMAN_2010_0F 68600AQTO_2010_0F 57600ACD_2009_0F \
59900BLDSYS_2009_0F 60100ARCHDESK_2009_0F 612003DSMAX_2009_0F \
62100REVIT_2009_0F 62200REVITST_2009_0F 67800RVTMPJ_2009_0F \
69100NAVMAN_2009_1F"
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Cascading
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Enables network licensed products to use unused licenses of other
products.
Products cascade in specific order, it is not configurable.
Cascading always starts with the product’s native license.
2012 Cascade List Posted at:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=16981643&linkID=9240617
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Cascade License Sharing
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Enhances economy of use for network licensed products.
Returns a lower level license when a higher level license is consumed
that includes the lower level product.
License sharing is a resolution process that occurs post initial license
checkout.
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Product A starts and pulls a license
 Product B starts and pulls a license that also allows Product A to run
 Product A returns its license and uses the common license with Product B
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Sharing does not occur if both products can checkout unique lower level
licenses even if a higher level sharable license exists.
Higher level licenses do not get returned.
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Cascading Example
Start
Product
A
Ask for License A
License B
License C
Product A
Cascade Sequence:
1. License A
2. License B
3. License C
No License A available
Product C
Cascade Sequence:
1. License C
License Server
Workstation
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Cascading Example
Start
Product
A
Ask for License B
License B
License C
Using
License B
Product A
Cascade Sequence:
1. License A
2. License B
3. License C
Grant License B
Product C
Cascade Sequence:
1. License C
License Server
Workstation
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Cascading Example
Start
Product
C
Product A
Cascade Sequence:
1. License A
2. License B
3. License C
License B
License C
Ask for License C
Grant License C
License Server
Using
License B
Product C
Cascade Sequence:
1. License C
Using
License C
Workstation
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Cascading Example
3 minutes
later
Using
License C
Product A
Return License B
Share License C
License B
License C
Cascade Sequence:
1. License A
2. License B
3. License C
Product C
Cascade Sequence:
1. License C
License Server
Using
License C
Workstation
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AutoCAD 2012 Cascading Order
AutoCAD 2012
AutoCAD Mechanical 2012
AutoCAD P&ID 2012
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2012
Autodesk Design Suite Standard 2012
Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard 2012
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Standard 2012
Autodesk Plant Design Suite Standard 2012
Autodesk Design Suite Premium 2012
AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2012
AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2012
AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite 2012
Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2012
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Premium 2012
Autodesk Plant Design Suite Premium 2012
Autodesk Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Autodesk Building Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Autodesk Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2012
Autodesk Design Academy 2012
Autodesk Building Design Suite for Education 2012
Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite for Education 2012
Autodesk Product Design Suite for Education 2012
Autodesk Education Master Suite 2012
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Include it All?
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Both of these deployments will install the identical software to workstations
Only one selection was different during the creation of each
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Managing Deployment Content and Size
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Deployment Image Size Considerations
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Why Include Everything
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Deployments are installed directly from the server.
 Application requirements vary across your user community.
 Application requirements may change over time
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Why Limit Image Size
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Deployments are copied to workstations prior to installation.
 Images are replicated across many distribution servers.
 Workstation installation is automated (SCCM, SMS, Alteris, etc.)
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