Free vs Enterprise Desktop limits

[cepa]

Hello, I’d like to know more about the licensing of the commercial version, couldn’t find answers in FAQ or forum.

Firstly, with purchase of the single Enterprise Desktop Subscription am I allowed to connect to multiple remote host. Is there a difference between a separate physical computer and say multiple virtual machines hosted on a single physical host? By that I mean, can a buyer of the single Enterprise Desktop Subscription connect to multiple nomachine hosts for his own use and would that comply with the license limits.

Secondly, while using the USB passthrough are there limits to the number of passed devices? Can I pass multiple devices while using a single session or multiple sessions to different NoMachine hosts?

thanks

[Britgirl]

Hi, please check the following articles:

Differences between NoMachine Enterprise Desktop and the free to download NoMachine package
https://www.nomachine.com/AR07L00808

I believe it answers all your questions about Enterprise Desktop vs Free Edition. For convenience, I’ll also answer them here:

a purchase of the single Enterprise Desktop Subscription am I allowed to connect to multiple remote host.

No. One subscription per machine (physical or VM) is required. A subscription, or license file, cannot be shared across multiple hosts  If you want to remote into multiple hosts using Enterprise Desktop, the number of single Enterprise Desktop subscriptions should match the number of remote hosts you want to remote into. Alternatively, we offer Enterprise Desktop Subscription Pack which provides 10 licenses (again, one license for each machine you want to remote into).

Is there a difference between a separate physical computer and say multiple virtual machines hosted on a single physical host?

NoMachine software can be installed on a physical OS or a VM. What’s important is that there is a desktop environment running there. Therefore to answer your question, it depends what you want to access. If you want to access the OS local to the physical computer, you require one Enterprise Desktop subscription. If you want to access multiple VMs all running on a single physical host, the number of subscriptions should match the number of VMs you want to provide access to.

can a buyer of the single Enterprise Desktop Subscription connect to multiple nomachine hosts for his own use and would that comply with the license limits.

No. A buyer of a single EDS must install the EDS license on one machine (VM or physical) and access that machine where it has been installed. You cannot buy one license and then install the same license across multiple machines as previously mentioned.

while using the USB passthrough are there limits to the number of passed devices? Can I pass multiple devices while using a single session or multiple sessions to different NoMachine hosts?

There is no limit on the number of passed devices. They can be forwarded between client and server in single or multiple sessions.

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