Web-activated licensing is conceptually similar to conventional licensing, with both standalone and network licenses being available.
The main difference and advantage of web-activated licensing over the conventional licensing is that it fully automates the generation of license files. With the web-activated licensing, the user are no longer required to manually run licensing utilities to obtain locking codes, submit license requests and install the license files. Instead, the procedure for the generation and installation of the license files is fully automated.
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