Adobe CC License for 100+ devices

[Arthur]

we've currently got device licenses what is the difference?

This blog post explains the difference and why you might want to use SDL over NUL when switching from the old device licenses.

 

https://soundmacguy.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/adobe-shared-device-licensing-answers-to-questions-you-probably-didnt-want-to-ask

 

If you have to sign in to use the app, and the sign-in is a named person, how is SDL different from named-user licensing?

Signing into an SDL app will not count against that person’s own named user license (NUL) activations (i.e. it won’t prompt them to sign out if they’re signed into other computers with their NUL). SDL is licensing the apps at the device level. The apps will work regardless of whether the ID signing in has named licenses assigned or not. No matter how many different users sign into the apps on the same computer, The SDL license count against that computer will always be 1.

 

As some named license products include more cloud storage, users will see a difference there. e.g. a user with the 100GB All Apps plan will be able to use their 100GB of cloud storage, whereas a user with the 2GB Spark for Education plan will have 2GB. SDL only concerns the apps, not cloud storage/services.

[howartp]

Looking again at CC now we're in new finance year and a figure is in the budget.

 

Site is 725 PCs, 2000 users.

 

Shared Device License @ ~£20 is between £7,000 (minimum PCs I'd get away with) and £14,500 (site-wide).

Named User License @ £3.67-£5.00 is between £7,340 (online price) and £10,000 (quoted by one of my resellers)

 

What restrictions are there on either licenses that would swing me one way or the other, or hit a roadblock that I haven't foreseen?

 

What "should" we be doing in education, all things being equal?

 

Peter

[free780]

If your users have 1:1 devices go for named licensing. You only get 2 activations per user licence. If you have shared lab environments you need the shared device licensing.

[Cw2k]

Shared Device Licensing can work with any account type so if a user comes in and all they have is the free adobe cloud no app account they will be able to use the full suite on the SDL device.

[howartp]

If your users have 1:1 devices go for named licensing. You only get 2 activations per user licence. If you have shared lab environments you need the shared device licensing.

 

We have both - iPads for 95% of students, plus 10 IT suites in ‘lab’ scenario.

 

How does 2 activations work in terms of “unactivating”?

 

Can they just sign out/unactivate the old PC or is it a big faff with IT involvement?

[free780]

If the users get used to it yes they can just deactivate a PC when the prompt comes up. Even with SDL they have to type the domain name and press tab to SSO (its not pass thru). So either way users are going to get something. With named licensing they are able to put the software on personal devices unless you tie in authentication with AzureAD etc and block sign ins to Adobe from outside your network.