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
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Create Products—Create product definitions that are used to generate licenses.  | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Order/Entitle—Define an account’s rights to obtain licenses for your products.  | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Deliver⁄Install—Deliver the application software to the customer and install that software. | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Activate—Deliver licenses to the customer.  | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Return/Rehost—Manage license transfers from one user or system to another. | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Maintain/Update—Deliver software updates to the customer.  | 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
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                                                Upsell/Renew—Renew customer licenses, or sell the customer additional product functionality.  |