How do TeamForge licenses work?

When you purchase a TeamForge license, you get the right to assign licenses to a specified number of users.

TeamForge supports a more flexible license model that consists of the following four license types: ALM, SCM, DevOps and Version Control. The following table lists the license types and the tools that go with them.

License type	Available tools
ALM	Full range of ALM tools and features
SCM	Core Source Code Management tools and features
Version Control	Source Code Management, FRS and Review tools and features
DevOps	Package Management (Application & Environment) and FRS tools and features

The new license model supports more flexible and granular tool instantiation. While TeamForge supports more selective tool options with these new license changes, there's no impact on customers, both new and existing, requiring all the tools that TeamForge supports.

In addition, the Reporting framework is also controlled by the licenses you have. Meaning, you can view and generate reports based on the license types assigned to you. For example, you must have SCM license to view or generate SCM activity reports.

Check with your CollabNet representative if you aren't sure how many licenses or what kind of licenses you want/have.

Your license key contains a few important numbers:
- The number of users eligible to use specific licenses such as ALM, SCM, DevOps and Version Control.
- The IP address of the machine that your site runs on.
For example, if your organization has 80 users who will use only the source code management features, 10 users who will use DevOps and 100 users who need the Application Lifecycle Management features, your license key string may look like this: ALM=100:SCM=80:DEVOPS=10:supervillaininc:144.16.116.25.:302D02150080D7853DB3E5C6F67EABC65BD3AC17D4D35CB3Z00214141D70455B18583BF0A5000CA56B34817ADF8DBFI32353A6E657492617369633A38372E3139342E3136102E31322E
Your license key only works for the IP address (or range of addresses) of the hardware that your CollabNet TeamForge is running on, as specified in your order form. If your site uses a separate server for its database or source code repositories, make sure your license key reflects the IP addresses of all the necessary servers. If any of these addresses change, ask your CollabNet representative to generate a new key.
When you create a user account, you can assign the user with available licenses.
You can purchase a TeamForge license for as many years as you want. The validity period is encoded into your license when it is generated by your CollabNet representative.
How many users your site can support depends on the type of license. Check with your CollabNet representative if you aren't sure what kind of licenses you have.
Your license key is attached to the IP address of the server where your site runs. You can get a license key for a single IP address or for a range of IP addresses.
Your service year starts the first time you log into your site, or the first time you create or edit any item on your site, such as a tracker artifact or a document. Whichever of these events comes first starts the clock.
The expiration date of your license is shown on the License Info page. (Go to My Workspace > Admin and select Projects > License Info).
When your service year expires, you can still see the project data on your site, but you cannot make any changes to it. However, you can still carry out some critical maintenance functions for your site:
- Enter a new license key.
- Disable or delete users.
- Change user passwords.
- Get forgotten user passwords.
Except deleted users, all other users in TeamForge such as active users, pending users, disabled users, and expired users continue to consume licenses.