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Licensing
The licensing solution of PLA 3.0, available licensing options, and the activation and management of licenses.
Information packages
Information packages play a central role in the installation and licensing process. They contain key data required to get PLA 3.0 up and running in your environment.

Get started
Overview of the PLA 3.0 software, its ongoing improvements and version updates, and the available trial options.
Key concepts
Structural foundation for daily work and support for method development from initial design to routine production.
Data analysis
Analytical methods, comprehensive analysis, assay workflows, and statistical process control.
Data import
Import of external response values and observation data into PLA 3.0 for further processing and evaluation.
User interface
The user interface of PLA 3.0 includes graphical and textual elements designed for daily workflows.
Installation and update
Deployment, installation, and update of PLA 3.0, including initial and advanced setup.
Licensing
The licensing solution of PLA 3.0, available licensing options, and the activation and management of licenses.
- Licensing options
  PLA 3.0 offers a flexible licensing model designed for both individual users and multi-user environments. The licensing option you select determines how many users can access PLA 3.0 at the same time. It also determines on how many computers you can install PLA 3.0.
- Information packages
  Information packages play a central role in the installation and licensing process. They contain key data required to get PLA 3.0 up and running in your environment.
- Activate your license
  To activate your PLA 3.0 license, you install a software key on the computer or license server that should hold the PLA 3.0 license. Activating the PLA 3.0 license automatically activates the license keys for your add-ons.
- Manage existing licenses
  Learn how to increase the number of concurrent users, replace a hardware key with a software key, or cross-upgrade from a Seat license to a Concurrent use license.
- Licenses on a Sentinel license server
  By default, clients can access all Sentinel license servers running in the same subnet. If you operate several subnets or want to restrict the access of clients to a license server, you have to control the access accordingly.
- Use legacy protection keys
  We recommend software keys for license activation. However, you can also activate a PLA 3.0 license using a Sentinel HL USB dongle.
Administration
Setup and maintenance of databases and add-ons, user accounts, access rights, and migration and update procedures.
Regulatory compliance
PLA 3.0 supports users in achieving compliance with regulations such as ISPE GAMP^® 5 and 21 CFR Part 11.
Glossary
Definitions of central terminology used in PLA 3.0.

Information packages

Information packages play a central role in the installation and licensing process. They contain key data required to get PLA 3.0 up and running in your environment.

Your PLA 3.0 license is identified by a unique, 5-digit, serial number. Your information package is specific to this serial number and contains the licensing information required for your PLA 3.0 environment.

Information package with serial number for your environment. PLA 3.0 license is required to run the PLA 3.0 framework; license keys are required to run PLA 3.0 add-ons. — Figure 1. Information packages in PLA 3.0

The PLA 3.0 license, required to run the PLA 3.0 framework.
A set of license keys, required to run your PLA 3.0 add-ons.

In a licensed environment, PLA 3.0 uses the information package to automatically add your license keys upon startup. With an active internet connection, it also automatically updates them whenever the license status of an add-on changes, for example, when you request a trial license.

Note:

If you hold several PLA 3.0 licenses, you receive separate serial numbers and information packages for each license.