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Sophos Central Enterprise - master licensing activation

Central Admin

This guide shows the steps necessary to change the license management type to master licensing in a Central Enterprise Account.

There are two license models in Sophos Central Enterprise. You can find more information about this in the following article under the section Licensing models: What is Sophos Central Enterprise

Requirements

  • A Central Enterprise Account with Super Admin permissions
  • A partial management unit with an active license

1. Switch to enterprise master licenses

Log in at https://central.sophos.com with your Sophos Enterprise account. Then click on your account name in the upper right corner and select Licenses from the dropdown menu. Click the blue button labeled Switch to Enterprise Master Licenses.

Activate Sophos Central Enterprise Management

2. Confirm changeover

If you switch to master licensing, you cannot later revert to individual licenses for each sub-management unit. Read again what this change means and then click Switch to Enterprise Master Licenses to confirm this step.

Sophos Central Enterprise Management Confirmation

3. Conversion in progress

You will be finally informed that the conversion to the master licenses is in progress. After the conversion is complete, all company administrators will receive a confirmation email.

Enter data for the Sophos Central Enterprise administrator

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