Shared Web Licensing Overview


Shared Web Licensing enables multiple users to simultaneously share a pool of product licenses. The licenses in the pool are purchased and hosted on a cloud-based service. Users who have access to this service share the pool of licenses when they start Ansys applications. The number of simultaneously active users are only limited by the initial number of licenses in the pool.

Shared Web Licensing advantages include:

  • High availability: Built-in redundancy maximizes uptime

  • High scalability: The service can handle very high volumes of usage

  • Global access: Licenses can be accessed from anywhere in the world with an internet connection (subject to United States government export regulations), with minimal latency

  • Easy administration from the Ansys Licensing Portal

  • Detailed usage information available

  • Convenient access via Ansys ID Single Sign-On (SSO)

Summary of New and Changed Features

Listed below is a summary of those licensing items that are either new or have been changed since the last release. For a list of all major new and changed features of any product, see the Release Notes document for that product.

General Licensing:

  • Ansys Motion Enterprise product now includes access to 4 CPU cores at no additional cost

  • The Mechanical Design Type in AEDT enables four Solution Setups:

    • Transient Thermal and Steady-State Thermal​ requires Icepak Premium or Electronics Enterprise license​

    • Modal and Structural​ requires Mechanical Pro/Premium/Enterprise​

Web:

  • Added access to a range of academic products.

  • Added access to Ansys Totem-SC Worker Group.

  • Added access to the following Startup Program bundles:

    • Electromagnetics Bundle

    • Embedded Software Bundle

    • Optics and Photonics Bundle

    • Semiconductor Analog and Mixed Signal Bundle

    • Semiconductor Digital and AMS Bundle

    • Structural and Fluids Bundle

  • The Ansys Licensing Portal has added a new Shared Web Licensing peak service usage report.

  • The Ansys Licensing Portal Web Transactions Table has been enhanced.

  • Paid and unpaid licenses are shown on maximum simultaneous usage charts.