RDM and Launcher | License management improvement

Hi David,

Could you confirm which data source you are using? (SQL-Server, DVLS, Hub Business)

Have a good day!

Hi Maxime,

We are using DVLS 2024.3.4.0

Hello,

In DVLS, if you edit your license, you should be able to configure it to auto-assign to certain groups:


There are a few things to keep in mind:

• A user will only be assigned a license when it connects through RDM or Launcher (so actually "using" the license). This means they will have to connect through Launcher first before seeing the "open with launcher" button in the web DVLS UI.
• It's not currently possible for the unassignment to happen automatically if the user is removed from the AD group

We will open internal tickets to add the following:

• Add a way to assign licenses to all members of a group directly through DVLS. This might take the form of an "assign to members of selected groups" button.
• Add a way to automatically assign licenses to all members of a group. The DVLS scheduler could run periodically to automatically assign licenses to new members of the specified AD groups
• Add a way to automatically unassign licenses when a user is disabled/deleted from AD. Similar to above, the DVLS scheduler would perform these actions automatically.

I think with these suggested changes, the workflow you're thinking of should be possible, and it would remove the limitation we currently have that necessitate the user to login through RDM/Launcher before getting the appropriate license assigned. We will also see if we can do this for Hub eventually.

Let me know if there's something I forgot or if I'm missing the point.

Regards,

Hi Hubert

That is exactly what we would need, thanks!

Hi Hubert, do you perhaps have a timeframe, when we could expect this to be implemented?

Hello,

Thank you for the confirmation. We will have to discuss this with the DVLS team. This is something we already had in mind as improvements but I don't think it's planned in a current roadmap.

Regards,

Please push the request i need it

Hello,

Thank you for your interest. We are currently planning our next development cycle. I will try to add it to our roadmap. We will post back here once we have an update.

Best regards,

Hello @Maxime Morin,

I found that post and wanted to ask if there's a possibility to handle the exact same request when using RDM with "just" a MS SQL as a datasource?

Cheers,
Philipp

Hello Philipp,

Thank you for your interest. This product development is not currently planned for the MS SQL Server datasource. We're taking note of your feedback and will follow this topic to see if there's any additional interest or input from other users. We also want you to know that migrating to Devolutions Server is possible for free. It will allow you to use that feature in Devolutions Server.

Here are a few links:
Migration from SQL Server to Devolutions Server: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmoEOMkp-QY
DVLS presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A7oA0WOxYI

Don't hesitate if you have questions; we will help you with pleasure.

Best regards,

Thx for the quick response on that Francois. I'll take a look at the proposed change.