Electronic Software Delivery Features & Enhancements in 2024.12

The following Electronic Software Delivery (ESD) feature was added in the 2024.12 release.

Ability to Restrict Visibility of Expired Software or Maintenance Entitlements in End-User Portal

(Case 02801561, SWM-19597)

This release offers producers who use FlexNet Operations with Electronic Software Delivery more control about the visibility of expired software entitlements and maintenance.

Previously, software downloads were available for life to entitled end-users. End-users could download software from expired entitlements, but could not activate that software if it was controlled by license activation because the licenses would have expired.

The 2024.12 release now enables producers to offer only software mapped to active entitlements for download. This means that in the End-User Portal, end-users can no longer see or download software or maintenance that has expired.

Producers can control visibility of expired software and maintenance using the new configuration option Hide downloads for expired entitlements (under System > Configure > End-User Portal Setup > Downloads Page). By default, this option is unselected, meaning that software and maintenance from expired downloads remains visible to end-users.