Server administrator - CAL licenses

memoQ server can lend licenses to translators, reviewers, and project managers. To do this, the server must have a license pool (a finite set of licenses), from which it can give licenses - and take them back when necessary.

When you purchase a memoQ server - or sign up for a memoQ cloud subscription - you will get a license pool. In a license pool, there are three types of licenses:

  • Translator license: The user will have memoQ translator pro while the license is with them.
  • Project manager license: Users will have memoQ project manager while the license is with them.
  • Web license: Users will have access to memoQWeb (WebTrans).

There are two ways to lend licenses to users: CAL and ELM.

  • CAL (Concurrent Access Licensing): A user takes a license when they start memoQ. The license is automatically returned to the license pool when the user closes memoQ. It is possible that two users take the same license during a day, if they work in very different time zones. To use CAL licensing, users must be online at all times. For the owner of a memoQ server, CAL licensing is more economic than ELM, but CAL does not allow users to work offline.
    To start using a CAL license, a user needs to check out an online project that gives them a license, or they need to use memoQ activation to request one.
  • ELM (Enterprise License Management): A user takes a license when they check out an online project that gives them a license, or when they use memoQ activation to request one. The license does not return to the license pool when the user closes memoQ. An ELM license is truly lent to the user for several days. memoQ will check the validity of a license once a day, but if there is no response, it can go on working for three days. For the owner of a memoQ server, ELM is less economic than CAL, but it allows users to work offline for several days.

Only CAL on memoQ cloud: In a memoQ cloud, only CAL licensing is available.

One memoQ server is either all CAL or all ELM: You cannot mix CAL and ELM licenses on one memoQ server. Either all licenses lent are ELM, or all of them are CAL. You can switch between both licensing modes. To do it, log on to the memoQ server through Remote Desktop, and change this in a copy of memoQ running on the server itself. The setting is available in Server Administrator, on the Configuration and logging pane. The server needs to be restarted for the change to take effect.

Requires memoQ project manager: You need the project manager edition of memoQ to manage a memoQ server or a memoQ cloud.

You need to be an administrator: You may manage the server only if you are a member of the Administrators group on the memoQ server.

How to get here

  1. At the very top of the memoQ window - in the Quick Access toolbar -, click the Server Administrator (cogwheel in a cloud) icon. The Server Administrator window opens, with the Connection pane.

    Or: On the Project ribbon, click Server Administrator.

  2. Type or choose the address of the memoQ server, and click the Select button.

    You may need to log in to the memoQ server: If you have not used the server before, the Log in to server window opens. Type your user name and password for that server, and click OK.

  3. Under Category, click CAL licenses. The CAL licenses pane appears.

If you cannot see CAL licenses: The memoQ server is in ELM licensing mode. Either you need to switch licensing mode, or you need to lend licenses through the ELM licenses pane.

What can you do?

When you finish

To return to memoQ: Click Close.

Or, choose another category to manage: