Microstation V8i - How to activate the license

This article shows how the license of Microstation V8i is activated, in this case I am showing it for 8.11 version, but in the same way it works for any program from the 8.9 (XM) versions.

When you buy a license of Microstation V8i, there is some information that is received and that must be kept very carefully because they will be required at the time of activation:

• The purchased product. This appears in the area marked in Gray
• The serial number. This is unique for each license purchased. It is the one marked in green in the image, although it is never requested at the time of activation.
• The discharge area. This is a url that Bentley sends, from which the program can be downloaded at any time, marked in blue in the image.
• The name of the server. This is usually Product.Activation.bentley.com, the one marked in red
• The site activation key. Marked in purple.

1. Download Microstation V8i

This is done through the url marked in light blue. Anyone could do it if they had this key, because in reality it is equivalent to requesting an educational license or requesting a SelectCD, where the product is received with all the functionalities, but which only allows working sessions of 15 minutes. Also from here you download the Prerequisites of Microstation V8i which is an installer that contains the necessary applications and components for the respective installation.

2. Install Microstation

This does not require science, only that the prerequisites are installed first and then the Microstation V8i program.

3. Activate the license

To activate a license you need to have Internet access, so it should be the first step to try to avoid wasting your time. Generally, when you enter a program that has not been activated, a panel appears at the beginning with the option to register it.

In case it does not appear, it is made from:

• Utilities> License managemnt…

This raises a panel from where you choose:

• Tools> activation license wizard

In this panel, we choose the option according to the type of license in case of having a license server or a SELECT service. In this case for the purposes of the post I am demonstrating how to do it through the option NON-SELECT or Node Locked user. Then the button is pressed Next.

The next panel asks us what type of license we have. In this case, we choose “I have an activation key” and the button is pressed Next.

In the next panel, the Server Name, which is exactly the one that appears in red in the first image of the article. In general it is the same, but it could change over time and in my case I had problems using it as provided by using capital letters in the middle, I had to use Productactivation.bentley.com. The Activation Key, Which is the one shown in purple in the first image of the article, then we use the button Test Connection To see if everything is in order and only if our Internet had a Proxy or encrypted connection would have to specify data.

The next panel asks for the country where the license is being activated and then a panel appears that is usually the most complex: The issue is that it asks us for the version of the product, but not only the 8.11 that we suppose but two more codes depending on the release. This number does not appear anywhere on the invoice or procedure, so it usually causes confusion.

One way to find out is to open the Microstation V8i that we downloaded and go to “Help> About” and we will see the code. To activate a newer version with the same Activation key, Only if you have paid a SELECT service.

If you activate a license SelectSeries 1, The numbers can be used

08.11.07.23  O well 08.11.07.97

Then a message of the configuration should appear and finally the activation. Sometimes an error message returns, but it is usually just the message because when entering the program the license already activated appears.

To prove it, we do it again Utilities> License managemnt… and we should see the licenses activated in checkout, which in a way is a license activated for the specific machine and that has an expiration date so that in case we want to use it on another computer, format or release the checkout. Also in Help> About You can see the details of the license in use and the expiry date of the checkout.

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