Change workstation

20 Aug 2019 0 minutes to read Contributors

Changing workstations

The de-activation and re-activation for both the online and Offline activation are the same, all licenses must be de-activated first and re-activated according to the steps explained in https://www.sqltreeo.com/docs?id=216 for offline activation and https://www.sqltreeo.com/docs?id=217 for the online activation.

Duration

The process of deactivating SQLTreeo on your current workstation and re-activating it takes +/- 5 minutes

Version

Moving a SQLTreeo license key  to another workstation is only possible from v0.8.4 or higher.

Prerequisite

Before you switch to a new workstation or reinstall it there are certain steps you need to take. This assures that SQLTreeo can be used on a new workstation.

• Verify if your  SQLTreeo is activated.

Check this in the SSMS GUI–> Tools –> SQLTreeo –> License.

once you verified the license key is activated. Press the Deactivate button whereafter you will be prompted to confirm your deactivation.

After the confirmation you need to restart your SSMS to take effect.

Now your SQLTreeo license key is deactivated.

Moving the license

Follow this link: https://www.sqltreeo.com/sqltreeo-ssms-add-in to install the SQLTreeo software on the destination workstation.

After succesfull installation, open SSMS. You will be notified that SQLTreeo is not licensed.

Open tools–>SQLTreeo–>License and enter your license key.

You will be prompted to restart SSMS to activate the software.