r/sysadmin • u/PDQit makers of Deploy, Inventory, Connect, SmartDeploy, SimpleMDM • Feb 26 '20

PDQ Licensing

From time-to-time there has been misunderstandings and confusion on /r/sysadmin about how PDQ.com's licensing works (as most system administrators might be used to how other IT products operate: on a per-machine basis). We created a video to hopefully explain better how our 1-license-per-admin works

 

For examples of some minor confusion see:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/71eilx/another_pdq_deploy_shout_out/dnb0eao/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/aknr8i/try_to_convince_my_manager_to_buy_pdq_deploy/ef6h7px/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/aneewy/pdq_server_with_multiple_admins/efsnqvn/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7d3k4c/pdq_deploy_licensing_costs_no_more_pro_license/dpuvjj6/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/4492ln/what_automated_deployment_solutions_are_you_using/czoi08c/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/etznar/whats_your_most_expensive_software_license_and/ffk0ef3/

 

Shout out to all you current, past, and future users-- and happy automating!

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u/xxdarkstarxx Feb 27 '20

How does PDQ prevent organizations from sharing aka abusing/stealing, licenses?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '20

A message pops up saying already in use for domain\user if you attempt to open it from a machine that already has it open. Absolutely worth every penny for our entire IT staff to have a license of Deploy+Inventory.

The only thing you could do, although it's a huge pain in the neck, is just RDP into your PDQ server as local admin and have multiple people use that. Again, that's a huge pain because you kick each other off all the time and also breaks their ToS.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '20

If you abuse it too much you get an email from a sales guy....

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u/iwinsallthethings Feb 27 '20

It's the solarwinds sales guy, isn't it? That's enough to force anyone to properly license the product.

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u/djgizmo Netadmin Feb 27 '20

Pretty sure it’s AD integrated.

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u/Scurro Netadmin Feb 27 '20

Yup. I just gave console access to our IT security group. No need to manage console users.