Article updated February 23, 2021
Please note that as of April 15, 2021, Fusion Lifecycle users and assignments are moving to Autodesk Account. This means that a Fusion Lifecycle seat assignment will be managed using Autodesk Account rather than within Fusion Lifecycle administration experiences.
We have prepared the following questions and answers for customers to give you further information:
1. Why is Autodesk making this change?
As a subscription offering from Autodesk, Autodesk Account is essential for Fusion Lifecycle to support the current and future subscription benefits offered through the platform. As an example, Autodesk Account provides seat usage reporting, allowing your Fusion Lifecycle administrators to monitor which users have activated their assigned products and the frequency of their use.
2. Is there a pricing change associated with this?
No, pricing is not altered as a result of this change.
3. Are there any changes to the product packaging (i.e. Participant, Professional, Enterprise)?
No, the current products and their entitlements will remain the same.
4. Are there any new license types associated with this?
No, the product offerings remain the same.
5. Does this affect Token Flex licensing?
No, not at this time.
6. Does this move include moving to premium offerings?
No pricing or packaging changes are being announced at this time.
7. Will consumption pricing be available?
No pricing or packaging changes are being announced at this time.
8. How will this change affect my current licenses?
Autodesk will be updating Autodesk Account with your seat assignments from Fusion Lifecycle. This process will begin in April 2021 and continue until all customer accounts have been updated. You may be contacted by your reseller and/or Autodesk account representative to help with this transition. Once your seats have been transitioned to Autodesk Account, it is important to note that licenses will no longer be bound to a site, but instead to individual users. This means users with a valid license who are invited to multiple Fusion Lifecycle sites will be able to access these sites using the entitlements associated to their Autodesk ID assigned to them via Autodesk Account.
9. What happens once my subscription or trial expires?
Users with an expired entitlement, including expired trials, will transition to 'Basic Access.' While in Basic Access, users will continue to have access to the same data; however, it will be limited to read-only access. Upon the user obtaining an active entitlement, she/he will once again gain their editing permissions that are assigned.
10. What if I have the Vault PLM product?
Autodesk will update subscriptions in Autodesk Account per your contract. Please note: Vault PLM seats are named user seats, meaning for a single license, the assignment of Vault and Fusion Lifecycle will be to the same user. As a result of this technology change, this will now be enforced.
11. How does this affect trials of Fusion Lifecycle?
Obtaining a trial site of Fusion Lifecycle will continue to use the same process as today. However, trials are now associated to the named user. Each named user will receive a 30-day trial, managed by the same technology as other trials of software at Autodesk. After 30 days the named user will transition to Basic Access unless they are entitled through an active subscription.
12. What is needed to support integrations?
Integrations with other business solutions should be developed using 2-legged authentication and incorporate impersonation. If the implementation plan calls for a 'system user' to perform the automated operations, another license will be required for such activities. Basic Access does not support integration.
13. Will there be any downtime?
No, there is no expected downtime for your Fusion Lifecycle site during this transition. However, your Fusion Lifecycle administrator will be required to confirm licensing assignments within Autodesk Account before switching over.
14. What if I have single sign on (SSO)?
Licensing is complimentary and compatible with SSO.
15. How will this affect my sandbox?
Fusion Lifecycle Sandbox will continue to be offered standalone for purchase and will also continue to be offered as an entitlement for Fusion Lifecycle Enterprise.
16. Will this affect the speed of my Fusion Lifecycle site?
No.
17. Is this licensing change supported in the old 'Classic' interface?
Yes, this change does not affect the user interface and will not require moving to the 'Modern' interface.
18. Does this force me to move to the Fusion Lifecycle V3 API?
No.
19. What changes will be made to Fusion Lifecycle for third-party users?
Fusion Lifecycle for third-party users will continue to be available for assignment to the third-party users of Fusion Lifecycle Enterprise customers. Your Autodesk reseller will place the order directly for you, just as other licenses for Fusion Lifecycle. Please note that assigned Fusion Lifecycle for third-party licenses will only work within Enterprise customer sites. For the Special Terms related to Fusion Lifecycle for third-party, you may visit this topic under the Terms of Use.
20. Can a Fusion Lifecycle Professional user connect to a Fusion Lifecycle Enterprise site?
No, mixed mode licensing between Fusion Lifecycle Professional and Fusion Lifecycle Enterprise is not supported.
21. Can I obtain usage statistics from this move?
Yes, Autodesk Account provides seat usage reporting, allowing administrators to monitor which users have activated their assigned products and the frequency of their use. Please see this article for more information.
22. Does this have any effects on implementations, customizations, or integrations for my Fusion Lifecycle site?
No.
23. What new access benefits will I have?
Autodesk Account provides the ability for users with an expired entitlement to continue to access a Fusion Lifecycle site in a Basic Access mode. This includes users with an expired trial as well. This may be used to provide read-only access to Fusion Lifecycle data for users within your company that do not need to edit data or approve workflows.
Questions?
For further information, please contact your Autodesk reseller.
If you need technical support, please contact Autodesk Product Support at https://knowledge.autodesk.com/contact-support or submit a support case via manage.autodesk.com.