Anyone who runs software licensed under the CONNECT model from Bentley Systems, Inc. knows that proper management of those licenses is essential, as failure to adhere to entitlement limits will […]
If you manage Macs, it’s a good guess that you do so using JAMF. Most likely then, you’ve also deployed KeyAccess using JAMF Pro. There’s a new twist with KeyAccess […]
With any system that maintains a database of computers, a critical question is how each record is uniquely identified. For many organizations, identifying computers simply by Computer Name is sufficient […]
During installation of the K2 client, a “Department” field can be placed on the client. This value is then sent from KeyAccess to KeyServer, and can be used in a […]
Any organization using KeyServer has a powerful tool for learning how and where computers and software are being used. Using KeyServer, policies can be configured which specify how product usage […]
Sassafras supplies an API that third party vendors use to build KeyServer support directly into their products. A vendor builds a custom license (.lic) file that includes basic details (such […]
Last year Apple announced that High Siera (10.13) would be the last version of OS X to support 32 bit applications. Furthermore, starting in 2018, beta versions of the current […]
The K2 client-server communication protocol is lightweight yet robust. It is also fault tolerant, and supports your configured license Policies with the greatest possible transparency to end users. UDP port 19283 […]
This is a followup to Counting K2 Client Licenses for Thin Clients, which covered the issues an Administrator must consider before deploying the K2 client (KeyAccess) to Thin Client Servers. […]
K2 provides all of its software license management options equally to software installed on physical, virtual, or thin client computers. Simply counting the number of physical and virtual computers will […]
