Product Activation Wizard Dialog

Used to step through the product activation process. After a product is installed, you must obtain a license a license and then activate that license.

You can access this dialog from the following:

License Management Tool dialog: Tools > Product Activation Wizard

The Wizard also opens automatically at the end of product installation.

The Product Activation Wizard takes its path based on the installation type selected on the first page of wizard.

Setting	Description
Product Activation Wizard	Allows you to select the type of installation for which product is being activated. SELECT subscriber activating against a hosted (Bentley) SELECTserver - Used to activate a product against a SELECT Server hosted at Bentley Systems. SELECT subscriber with a deployed (local) SELECTserver - Used to activate a product against your company's locally deployed SELECT Server NON-SELECT or Node Locked user - Used to activate a product if you are a Bentley customer but not a SELECT subscriber. Evaluation Only — No license information - Used to activate an evaluation license for a product.
Activating against a SELECTserver (hosted)	Allows you to activate products from a Bentley hosted SELECTserver. Enter your Site Activation key. The Server Name is prefilled. If you are using HTTPS, enable the HTTPS (SSL) check box. If you are using a Proxy server to connect to the hosted SELECTserver, click the Proxy button and fill in the Proxy Server information then click OK. Click Next. On the Check out a license now? dialog, enter your e-mail address. The appropriate product name and version are prefilled. Click Next. The Wizard Selections dialog displays the information provided on the previous dialogs. Review the information and click Finish to activate the product.
Activating against a SELECTserver (deployed)	Allows you to activate products from a locally deployed SELECTserver. Enter your Server Name. Enter your Site Activation key. If you are using HTTPS, enable the HTTPS (SSL) check box. If you are using a Proxy server to connect to the hosted SELECTserver, click the Proxy button and fill in the Proxy Server information then click OK. Click Next. The Wizard Selections dialog displays the information provided on the previous dialogs. Review the information and click Finish to activate the product.
NON-SELECT or Node Locked user	Allows NON-SELECT Bentley customers to activate products. If you select I have a license file ready for import, From the Import License dialog, click Browse and navigate to the license file then click Next. From the Wizard Selection dialog, review the file location and click Finish. The Product activation complete dialog opens and the activation is complete. If you select I have an activation key, From the Activating against a SELECTserver dialog, fill in your activation key in the Site Activation Key field. The Server Name is prefilled. To enable HTTPS, check the HTTPS (SSL) check box. If you are using a proxy server to connect to SELECTserver, click Proxy and enter your Proxy Server information. Click Verify. The Product Activation dialog opens and the product is activated. If you select I do not have any license information, it licenses the product in evaluation mode. You can request a license from Bentley Sales Support by clicking the Go To Bentley.com button.
Evaluation Mode	Licenses the product in evaluation mode. You can request a license from Bentley Sales Support by clicking the Go To Bentley.com button.