Registration and Activation (Authorization) Codes: How does it work for Subscription?

All products on subscription are pre-registered to the Contract Manager named at the time the Subscription order is processed. When installing your product you will be required to obtain an activation code. When requesting an activation code for product installations and reinstallations, please be sure to have your Serial/Group ID number available (found on your product package).

Group—A subscription contract may contain one or more groups. A company may choose to have several groups. Groups can be used to organize a subscription contract in different ways—for example, by product, office location, or department. Groups may also be organized by deployment—one group with stand-alone versions of a product and another group with a network version. (It is not possible to combine stand-alone and network versions in the same group). Each group is assigned a Software Coordinator. All products within a group share the same serial, or Group ID, number.

Group ID Number— A group ID is the unique numerical identifier that is part of the overall group name. It is derived from the serial number used to validate the first subscription put into the group. Each product added to that group subsequently assumes the group number when upgrades are shipped.

Note: The contract number for the company is derived from the first group put on the contract.
A group name can be any 20 alphanumeric characters, designated by the Contract Manager, to provide a unique label for a group.
Example:
Group ID: 339-11235813 San Rafael
The Group ID should be used when requesting an activation code for any products shipped under subscription. The Group ID is referenced on the product package as Serial/Group ID.

IMPORTANT: Autodesk software may be installed as a network, stand-alone, or multiseat stand-alone deployment. There are some variations to the process that depend on the type of installation you have:

Multiseat Stand-Alone—(Most common) Multiseat stand-alone deployments are installed on multiple individual computers but use only one serial number to represent and authorize the multiple licenses.

Network—Network deployments are installed on single server and one serial number represents and authorizes one or more licenses.

Stand-Alone—Stand-alone deployments have one serial number to represent and activate one license. Subsequent stand-alone, multiseat stand-alone, or network deployments of the same product must be represented by subsequent serial numbers. Therefore, multiple stand-alones of the same product must be entered into multiple distinct groups. Each stand-alone install will receive a different activation code.

For more information on subscritipon, please go to http://www.autodesk.com/subscription