Options for using Autodesk software when working remotely

Autodesk Support

Feb 19, 2025

Products and versions covered

Issue:

What are your options for using Autodesk software from home?
Options vary, depending on your license type. This document provides an overview of the options available for each.

Please Note: This document includes guidance only. The terms of your Autodesk license agreements will always take precedence. For a complete view of Autodesk’s license terms, please review your active agreements. Additional information pertaining to the access and use of Autodesk products and services can be found in the Legal section of the Autodesk web site.

Environment:

  • Standalone licenses (included in subscriptions with single-user access).
  • Network licenses (included in subscriptions with multi-user access and Token Flex).

Solution:


Single-user access

If you have a single-user subscription or a single-user maintenance plan, use your serial number or Autodesk ID (email address and password) to activate and access software on your home computer. Note: Only one instance of the software can be active at any given time, either on your work computer or on your home computer, but you can have software installed on multiple devices. 


Multi-User/Network 

For multi-user subscriptions and/or network maintenance plans, the Autodesk Home Use Rights Benefit is available for eligible products only: View the Home Use Eligible Product List. If you have a multi-user subscription or network maintenance plan, users can borrow a license from the network license server to use at home, or you can request a license for home use.


Token Flex Enterprise Business Agreements (EBAs)

If your company has an Autodesk Enterprise Business Agreement (EBA), there are a few options that will allow users to access your desktop products at home.

Option 1
Your Autodesk software can be accessed remotely through Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. If your VPN can support this, it allows your users to access the products on demand and as required. In a Token Flex model, tokens will be consumed as usual.

Option 2
In situations where maintaining an ongoing VPN connection is not possible, users can temporarily connect to your company network (either through VPN or at the office), launch the required product, and then borrow a license from the network license server. Tokens will be consumed until the license is returned or until the return date is reached.

Note: The default duration for borrowing is six months; however, the return date and other details pertaining to how license borrowing works for your company depend on your configuration settings.

Option 3
If VPN access is not possible, as an EBA customer, you are permitted to install the Autodesk Network License Manager (NLM) on a server within your cloud/DMZ environment. The Autodesk Network Licensing Reporting Service (NLRS) must also be installed and reporting on this server. With NLRS installed and reporting, product usage will be tracked, and tokens will be consumed as usual. You are responsible for all usage on the server and for securing access to it.

Products:

All Desktop Products;

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