When you purchase a TeamForge license, you get the right to assign licenses to a specified number of users.
TeamForge supports a more flexible and granular approach to tool instantiation. TeamForge's
license model consists of the following license types: ALM, SCM, DevOps, Version Control,
Collaboration and Trackers. These license types are tailored to suit the needs of specific set
of users that need access to certain tools and functions. A TeamForge user's license type
determines the tools available to the user in TeamForge.
Attention: While TeamForge
supports more selective tool options with these new license changes, there's no impact on
customers, both new and existing, requiring all the tools that TeamForge
supports.
The
following table lists the license types and the tools that go with them (refer to the table at
the end of this topic for a complete list of tools and functions).
| License type | Available tools |
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| ALM | Offers the full range of ALM tools and functions to users. |
| SCM | Offers core Source Code Management tools and functions to users. Includes all the ALM tools and functions but Tracker and Documents component. |
| Version Control | Offers Source Code Management, File Releases and Review tools and functions to users. |
| DevOps | Package Management (Application & Environment) and File Releases tools and functions to users. |
| Collaboration | Offers a range of collaboration tools such as Documents, Wiki and Discussion Forums to users. |
| Trackers | Offers TeamForge's Tracker capability (Trackers, Planning Folder, Teams, Planning Board, Task Board and Kanban Board) to users. Also includes File Releases. |
In addition to the tools offering, the Reporting framework is also controlled by the licenses you have. Meaning, you can view and generate reports based on the license types assigned to you. For example, you must have SCM license to view or generate SCM activity reports.
Check with your CollabNet representative if you aren't sure how many licenses or what kind of licenses you want/have.
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Your license key contains a few important numbers:
- The number of users eligible to use specific licenses such as ALM, SCM, DevOps, Version Control, Collaboration and Trackers.
- The IP address of the machine that your site runs on.
For example, if your organization has 80 users who will use only the source code management features, 10 users who will use DevOps and 100 users who need the Application Lifecycle Management features, your license key string may look like this: ALM=100:SCM=80:DEVOPS=10:supervillaininc:144.16.116.25.:302D02150080D7853DB3E5C6F67EABC65BD3AC17D4D35CB3Z00214141D70455B18583BF0A5000CA56B34817ADF8DBFI32353A6E657492617369633A38372E3139342E3136102E31322E
- Your license key only works for the IP address (or range of addresses) of the hardware that your CollabNet TeamForge is running on, as specified in your order form. If your site uses a separate server for its database or source code repositories, make sure your license key reflects the IP addresses of all the necessary servers. If any of these addresses change, ask your CollabNet representative to generate a new key.
- When you create a user account, you can assign the user with available licenses.
- You can purchase a TeamForge license for as many years as you want. The validity period is encoded into your license when it is generated by your CollabNet representative.
- How many users your site can support depends on the type of license. Check with your CollabNet representative if you aren't sure what kind of licenses you have.
- Your license key is attached to the IP address of the server where your site runs. You can get a license key for a single IP address or for a range of IP addresses.
- Your service year starts the first time you log into your site, or the first time you create or edit any item on your site, such as a tracker artifact or a document. Whichever of these events comes first starts the clock.
- The expiration date of your license is shown on the License Info page. (Go to and select ).
- When your service year expires, you can still see the project data on your site, but you
cannot make any changes to it. However, you can still carry out some critical maintenance
functions for your site:
- Enter a new license key.
- Disable or delete users.
- Change user passwords.
- Get forgotten user passwords.
- Except deleted users, all other users in TeamForge such as active users, pending users, disabled users, and expired users continue to consume licenses.
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| Reusable Dashboards | |
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| Custom Branding and Custom Integrations | |
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| Security Architecture | Single Tenant | Single Tenant | Single Tenant | Single Tenant | Single Tenant | Single Tenant |
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