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Bentley Systems Rule

SES replaces activation keys with user sign-in

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Kind
Compliance
Statement
Subscription Entitlement Service statement: users sign in to activate applications, eliminating activation keys; SES is embedded in new CONNECT Edition releases and records user ID, product, version, machine name, Windows user name and start and end times. (effective 2026-08-01)
Applies when
Migrating from SELECTserver
Applies to
CONNECT Edition applications with SES ("CL" versions)
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