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The infrastructure requires the following components:

 

•A central dispatching server (Floating License Server)

•Clients connecting to the server to acquire their licenses

 

The Floating License Service works as a standard Windows Service running on a host that needs to be accessible from all machines. This Windows Service sets up a communication channel which is listening for incoming requests using TCP/IP on a port that needs to be specified during the installation. The service is dispatching licenses based on requests from the clients. These licenses are taken from a pool that is specified by the license that was used to activate the Floating License Server.