What Is Citrix Licensing; Getting An Activation Code - Citrix MetaFrame Application for Windows 1.8 Administrator's Manual

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This chapter explains Citrix licensing. Topics in this chapter include:
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Citrix licensing is separate from Microsoft licensing. There are two types of Citrix
licenses:
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You must activate each Citrix license to complete the installation of your
software. Some licenses have a grace period after installation, where they will
work for a time with periodic reminder messages. If the license is not activated
during the grace period, the license is automatically disabled at the end of the
grace period.
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What is Citrix Licensing?

The Citrix Licensing Program

Getting an Activation Code

Base licenses. The base license enables the multiuser features of your Citrix
server and can include a user count. If the base license is not present, ICA
connections are not supported and server extension licenses cannot be added.
Every Citrix server comes with a base license.
Server extension licenses. Citrix server extension licenses increase the user
count or enable additional functionality, such as load balancing.