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IBM Metric

Concurrent User

Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited

Unit
User
Aliases
Concurrent User; Concurrent Users
Definition
A Concurrent User is a person who is accessing the Program at any particular point in time. Regardless of whether the person is simultaneously accessing the Program multiple times, the person counts only as a single Concurrent User. Licensee must obtain entitlements (Proof of Entitlement (PoE)) for the maximum number of Concurrent Users simultaneously accessing the Program.
Counting rules
A Concurrent User is a person who is accessing the Program at any particular point in time. Regardless of whether the person is simultaneously accessing the Program multiple times, the person counts only as a single Concurrent User. Licensee must obtain entitlements (Proof of Entitlement (PoE)) for the maximum number of Concurrent Users simultaneously accessing the Program. Indirect/multiplexed access counts. Device-as-user note same as Authorized User. Not a core-based sub-capacity metric.
Floors / minimums
Not stated globally on Passport Advantage common-metrics page. Peak simultaneous users is the count.
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