Licenses for XProtect VMS products (except XProtect Essential+)

Software license file and SLCs

When you purchase your software and licenses, you get:

• An order confirmation and a software license file named after your SLC (Software License Code) and with the .lic extension received per email
• A Milestone Care coverage

Your SLC is also printed on your order confirmation and consists of several numbers and letters grouped by hyphens like:

• Product version 2014 or earlier: xxx-xxxx-xxxx
• Product version 2016 or later: xxx-xxx-xxx-xx-xxxxxx

The software license file contains all information about your purchased VMS products, XProtect extensions, and licenses. Milestone recommends that you store the information about your SLC and a copy of your software license file in a safe place for later use. You can also see your SLC in the License Information window in Management Client. You can open the License Information window in the Site Navigation pane -> Basics node -> License Information.You may need the software license file or your SLC when you, for example, create a My Milestone user account, contact your reseller for support, or if you need to make changes to your system.

Overall process for installation and licensing

To get started, you download the software from our website (https://www.milestonesys.com/download/). While you are installing (see Install a new XProtect system) the software, you are asked to provide the software license file. You cannot complete the installation without a software license file.

Once the installation is complete and you have added some cameras, you must activate your licenses (see License activation (explained). You activate your licenses from the License Information window in Management Client. Here you can also see an overview of your licenses for all installations on the same SLC. You can open the License Information window in the Site Navigation pane -> Basics node -> License Information.