Database Management

Activate your Task Factory license

Steps to activate your Task Factory license with Online or Offline Activation

First published date

8/5/2021 4:57 PM

Last published date

3/24/2022 8:37 PM

Overview

How to activate your Task Factory license. This way of Activation also works For other pragmatic works software. 

Product section

Task Factory (TF)

Resolution

From the environment that has Task Factory installed, open the ‘License Manager’ application. You can locate this by searching ‘license manager’ from your Windows quick search or by searching this file path in your file explorer: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\SentryOne\Task Factory\PragmaticWorks.LicenseManager.exe

 

After you have the ‘License Manager’ application open, click on ‘Install a License’. If your environment is connected to the internet, proceed to “Online Activation“.

 

If your environment is offline or has security measures that block internet connections, proceed to “Offline Activation”.

1.jpg

 

Online Activation

If your new environment is connected to the internet, select 'Use an activation key' then 'OK'.

2.jpg

Add your activation key to the 'Activation key' field. The 'Environment Identifier' is a field where you can enter a value that will be associated to this specific environment. In many cases, the computer name is a good choice. When ready, select 'Activate' to finish the process.

3.jpg

 

Offline Activation

If your environments are not connected to the internet or are behind security that blocks internet connections, select 'Activate manually without Internet connection' then select 'OK'.

4.jpg

Copy your Environment Key to your clipboard and create a case through the community https://support.sentryone.com/s/. Please include an Environment Identifier you wish to label the environment with and the Environment Key. Support will reply to you with a manual activation block that you will copy and paste into the ‘Manual key’ field. Finally, select activate and you will have finished the activation of your license.

5.jpg