Enterprise Advantage License System

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There is no broader access of CAE and enterprise solutions available in the market today than from MSC.Software via Enterprise Advantage


The Value of Enterprise Advantage

Preserve your investment in engineering software tools with a straightforward path connecting them to MSC's new enterprise solutions, which offer significant return through direct savings and cost avoidance. Manage resources more efficiently with common software usage licensing and management. Meet program schedules by deploying the software solutions your engineers need within minutes, not after a lengthy procurement cycle. And, do all this within budget constraints which get increasingly tighter. The Enterprise Advantage License System provides the most effective and efficient implementation of engineering and enterprise simulation software, and is only available from MSC.Software Corporation, the leader in enterprise simulation management.


What is Enterprise Advantage?

MSC's Enterprise Advantage (EA) is a flexible licensing system that provides continuity between MSC.Software's engineering products and our new enterprise solutions in through a single license system. Enterprise Advantage enables over 170 solutions across MSC.Software's broad product portfolio. There is no broader access of CAE and enterprise solutions available in the market today than from MSC.Software via Enterprise Advantage. Enterprise Advantage is made possible through an innovative "license unit" approach, pioneered by MSC.Software with the MSC.MasterKey license system.


Enterprise Advantage's License Units

Instead of requiring individual software licenses, a pool of software license units is used to facilitate user access to MSC's software solutions. Each license unit value is based upon the products participating in the pool. Using the appropriately sized license unit pool, any participating product may be accessed - unrestricted by the number of seats or combination of solutions. While a product is in use, the appropriate number of license units is checked out. When finished, those same license units are returned to the pool for other use. Access is limited only by the number of license units available in the pool.


Enterprise Advantage Base Products

At Enterprise Advantage's core is MD Nastran, but it also includes access to other engineering products such as MSC.Nastran, Marc, Adams, and Patran – the same product set included in MSC's MasterKey license system. In total, there are over 130 'base' products available in Enterprise Advantage.


Optional Products

Optionally, Enterprise Advantage users may decide to add other state of the art solutions from MSC.Software such as SimXpert, SimManager, and other MD solutions, such as MD Adams and MD Patran to their base Enterprise Advantage configuration, for an enabling fee. Once an optional product is enabled in Enterprise Advantage, access is limited only by the number of license units available in the pool.

With Enterprise Advantage, certain products which we've built with technology from our partners, such as SimDesigner Enterprise, are available for a per-seat charge as Premium Options.

Enterprise Advantage Enabled Products


To learn more about the value proposition offered by MSC's enterprise solutions and the Enterprise Advantage system, contact us.