The License Lifecycle: Updates and Insights
                                        The FlexNet Operations license lifecycle is a repeating process of producer and customer activities, as depicted in the figure and described below. 
                                        
                                             
                                        
                                         FlexNet Operations License Lifecycle
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Create Products—Create product definitions that are used to generate licenses. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Order/Entitle—Define an account’s rights to obtain licenses for your products. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Deliver⁄Install—Deliver the application software to the customer and install that software. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Activate—Deliver licenses to the customer. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Return/Rehost—Manage license transfers from one user or system to another. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Maintain/Update—Deliver software updates to the customer. | 
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                |  | • | Upsell/Renew—Renew customer licenses, or sell the customer additional product functionality. |