Provide license information

To be able to use Microsoft Dynamics AX, the administrator must enter license information. By entering license codes, you enable the general functionality covered by the license. Then, you can enable or disable access to more specific features by changing configuration keys.

Note
If you change the current license settings because license keys are updated, the new functionality will not be available until the client is restarted.

In addition to license codes for Microsoft Dynamics AX functionality, there are four licenses for access to the Microsoft Dynamics AX development environment. For more information, see the Developer Help, available from the Microsoft Dynamics AX Help menu.

If you do not have a license, you can set up Microsoft Dynamics AX in demonstration mode. Demonstration mode provides all the functionality of Microsoft Dynamics AX, and enables all configuration keys by default.

Language-specific licenses

If your license includes specific languages, you must restart the AOS after importing the license file or entering license information. Restarting the AOS ensures that the correct languages are listed in the Options form (Microsoft Dynamics AX > Tools > Options...).

If you do not restart the AOS, end users will be able select unlicensed languages, which would prevent the Microsoft Dynamics AX client from starting.

Import license information

Open the License information form from the initialization checklist or the upgrade checklist, or click Administration > Setup > System > License information.
Click Load license file to import the license codes from a file.

The Load license file dialog box appears.
Click the folder icon and browse for the license file.

Note

We recommend that you store the license file in a secure location that is known only to Microsoft Dynamics AX administrators.
Click OK. A message appears, asking whether you want to synchronize the database.
Click Yes.
Close the License information window.

Note
We recommend that you store the license file in a secure location that is known only to Microsoft Dynamics AX administrators.

Enter license information

As an alternative to importing the license information, you can enter the license information manually.

Open the License information form from the initialization checklist or the upgrade checklist, or click Administration > Setup > System > License information.
Enter the name of the license holder, the system's serial number, and the expiration date. The information is in the license document.

On the System tab, enter the license code and verify that the Status field displays the expected text.

The license code indicates whether you have a standard, professional, or enterprise solution.

Important
The first four entries (name of the license holder, the system's serial number, expiration date, and license code) determine what appears in the remaining codes. Therefore, they must be entered correctly.

Enter the remaining codes.

For each, review the Status field to make sure that the code is accepted.