Tekla Structures legacy on-premises licensing
Legacy on-premises licenses are an alternative to the default Tekla Structures subscription.
The information on this page is not valid for Tekla subscriptions.
The type of license is determined when you purchase a license, so you cannot change between on-premises licenses and subscriptions yourself. You activate on-premises licenses on a license server that you install on your own computer hardware. Tekla Structures installations for one or more users connect to the license server to reserve a license.
Legacy on-premises licensing technology
With legacy on-premises licensing, Tekla Structures uses FlexNet (FlexNet Publisher License Management) licensing system by Flexera Software. We provide our own Tekla-specific tools for managing the licenses on top of the common FlexNet platform, replacing some of the standard tools that you might have encountered when using other software products that use FlexNet for licensing.
The license server software is compatible with several versions of Tekla Structures. Licenses specify the highest allowed version of Tekla Structures that you can use with the license. Licenses are also compatible with older versions of Tekla Structures.