Licensing Update
Stream-lined Software Release Schedule From V4.0 onwards… Before V4.0 Major releases every 1.5 – 2 years Extension Packs every 4-6 months Service releases when needed Desigo CC software releases (major or minor) every 6 months Ecosystem extensions & Patches when needed Patches when needed • Complex to manage by regions • Too many different workflows • Easy to handle • Less workflows unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 2 V4.0, 24.01.
Subscription Based Licensing Advantages Switch from Version Based to Subscription Based Licensing: Simpler customer operation Instead of a version check, Desigo CC is now using the Subscription Expiration Date to check if a new software release can run or not. All the software components with a release date prior to the current Subscription Expiration Date are allowed to run. Just install the new software and run it Simpler LMS data base License option lines remain stable.
Simpler Desigo CC Software Upgrade Program Only an Extension of Subscription Expiration Date is required to run a new Software Release SUR Ordering SUR … No grace period anymore SUbscription Renewal … will extend the Subscription Expiration Date by 1 year • SUR and SUS orders are accepted anytime • It may be more attractive to purchase SUS compared to multiple SUR orders Multiple orders may be required to come back to an active maintenance.
Simplified Ordering of SUR and SUS Example SUR/SUS Reports in LMS Cockpit provide the Site_Value and the Subscription Expiration Date A single line order is sufficient to extend the Subscription Expiration date for this site: • 105 CCA-1-SUR-UNIT will extend the current Subscription Expiration Date by 1 year, i.e. 07.09.2019 • 105 CCA-1-SUS-UNIT will set the Subscription Expiration Date to 1 year after the order, i.e. 18.12.2020 unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 5 V4.0, 24.01.
Clean up of Installed Base Current situation: We have 2 different license models active in the field - Projects started with V2.1 or before: old model - Projects started with V3.0 or later: new model Upgrade to V4.0: Sites with the old model are automatically converted to the new license model Base Feature Set Core Feature Set Extended Feature Set Standard Feature Set Obsolete License Options BA Graphic Station Fire Grapic Station Compact Station BA Compact Station DMS Old data point packages (e.g.
Clean up of Installed Base Example unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 7 V4.0, 24.01.
Sales Policy for BY20 Release BY20 with Updates for Desigo CC V4.1 The new edition can be found here: English: Desigo CC Family Sales Policy for BY20 German: Desigo CC Family Vertriebsrichtlinie für GJ20 unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 8 V4.0, 24.01.
Frequently Asked Questions
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question What happens if the “Subscription Expiration Date” expires on an active customer site? Does the system go to “Courtesy Mode”? Does the operator get a corresponding message or an event? Answer No, the fact that the “Subscription Expiration Date” expires has no impact on the running system.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question I interpret the following information from the sales policy that if a license has passed the ‘Subscription Expiration Date’ and you make an extension of data points, you must also order a SUR / SUS subscription otherwise the license will enter ‘Courtesy Mode’, is this correct? Answer No! If you have a site that runs in normal Customer Mode, then you can add licenses for additional options, clients and data points at any time.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question How can we calculate the costs for maintenance during offering phase? Answer The yearly costs are roughly about 10% (may be different in your region) of initial license costs In addition an Off-line tool for Site_Value calculation is available on the Intranet (Site_Value_Tool). unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 12 V4.0, 24.01.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question Can I extend my subscription by multiple years? Answer Yes, with some limitations: • Currently one separate SAP order with the correct number of SUR units is required for each additional year. • If multiple SUR orders are required to get back to an active subscription state, then multiple SAP orders are needed. Multiple year extensions with a single SAP order are not accepted by LMS (License Management System).
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question How do SUR/SUS orders work in case of off-line installations? Answer During off-line activation of a license, the initial expiration date is set as well and made available in: - LMS Cockpit - LMU - Desigo CC Client – License node The Site_Value is also available in these places. The LMU provides the workflow “Offline SUR/Maintenance” for the offline update of the Subscription Expiration date unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question How do I get error corrections for my site? Answer As you can see on slide 2 above, we do no longer provide separate Service Releases. Bug corrections are included in our periodically released major or minor Desigo CC releases. This means that corrections are only available for sites with an active subscription and are no longer provided free of charge! An exception are corrections for very critical bugs, as e.g. cyber security issues.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question My site is currently running Desigo CC V3.0 with activated V3.0 licenses. The Subscription Expiration date is 12.03.2020. Does that mean that I can install and run Desigo CC V4.1 without a new license activation? Answer No! An activated V4.0 license is required for the new subscription based licensing described on slide 3 above. However, this is not a problem for your site: As a result of the active subscription the V4.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question I just have extended the Subscription Expiration date of my site to a date in the future by ordering the corresponding number of SUR units. When will I get the V4.1 licenses? Answer The LMS periodically runs a task which checks all the sites with active subscriptions for missing upgrade licenses. Since this task runs at least once a day, the V4.0 upgrade licenses will be available within 24 hours.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question As a result of an active maintenance I got the V4.0 upgrade licenses for my site. Now I see several lines with “GMS null part number”. What do those mean? Answer These lines are temporary licenses that got created instead of obsolete V3.0 license options (Graphic Editor, LogViewer and Reno). When activating the V4.0 licenses please activate the “GMS null” as well.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question I have just activated the V4.0 upgrade licenses on my site. Now I see 2 different values for the “FNO Status” of the V3.0 licenses. What do those mean? Answer As mentioned on slide 6, LMS automatically makes a conversion to the new license model during the upgrade to V4.0. Licenses that are converted to a different product are marked as “UPSOLD”, like e.g. CCA-EXT-FSET that gets converted to CCA-STD-FSET.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question I have just ordered the licenses for a new project and got the mail with the Entitlement Certificate. Why do I get V4.0 and not V4.1 licenses? Answer V4.1 licenses do not exist. The latest licenses that are available show V4.0! To run the software release V4.1 it is sufficient to have activated V4.0 licenses and an expiration date after 31.10.2019! unrestricted © Siemens Switzerland Ltd. 2020 Page 20 V4.0, 24.01.
Licensing Desigo CC V4.1 Frequently Asked Questions Question My site is currently running with V3.0 licenses. It had a Subscription Expiration Date of 15.11.2018. Since I need to upgrade to V4.1 I have ordered SUR to extend the subscription by one year. It has now been set to 15.11.2019 which is after the release of V4.1. Why do I not get V4.1 licenses? Answer Upgrade licenses are only created for sites which have an active subscription.
