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Created by Gregory Hruby
Created on May 2, 2023

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EPS365 Entitlement Groups for user license management

With our migration from SELECT to EPS365 the agency is switched to "GLOBAL" Entitlements and all products are available to all users. This is bad. We need to regulate which users get which licenses.

Under SELECT - we could DENY access to every application entitlement and then create ENTITLEMENT EXCEPTION GROUPS to allow ONLY certain users permission to use that application license. The entitlement groups could be used on multiple applications to grant that block of users common access to licenses.

Under EPS 365 - we can no longer create the entitlement groups and have to add every user individually as an exception that is allowed to use that license.


For the BENTLEY license team : We did not buy EPS365 to allow every user to use every application on a whim. We REGULATE what our users have access to based on our agency defined work activities. We don't want users jumping on other computers that have software they are not permitted to use - and getting a license because of "global granted access". We need ENTITLEMENT Groups and Allocation Groups to manage that.

  • Vincent Mitchell
    Aug 4, 2026

    Yes, this is perfectly stated, "With our migration from SELECT to EPS365 the agency is switched to "GLOBAL" Entitlements and all products are available to all users.". I would add, that we do not wish to have "extra" users at any given time. I would request that we also have the ability to "cap" users so that we don't have a ton of people on idle. Sure, we can add a script to try and close idle use or update the standard idle timeout features, but these can be modified and bypassed. Please provide the ability to allow us to restrict use of users (allowlist/blocklist) and also provide caps for anytime use. These need to be allowable for all versions, not just the product. I have restrictions on versions and do not appreciate to see the logs stating that a user used a version way outside of our standards. I assume the notifications would be available so if I get notified multiple notices I can adjust the amount of use. Likewise, if I see an increase of requested use, I can seek additional funding from the appropriate group to get the necessary funds. However, if the group does not have the funding, I can maintain a fundable source to purchase the needs for the next contract term, so I'm not stuck trying to figure out where to get the required funding. This should be incorporated immediately so that we can properly administrate our use for our needs.

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