{"id":22093,"date":"2019-04-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/kb\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-licensing-activation\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:43:09","slug":"sophos-central-enterprise-converting-to-master-licensing","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/sophos-central-enterprise-converting-to-master-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Central Enterprise &#8211; master licensing activation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This guide shows the steps necessary to change the license management type to master licensing in a Central Enterprise Account.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are two license models in Sophos Central Enterpise. You can find more information about this in the following article under the section <strong>Licensing models<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/what-is-sophos-central-enterprise\/\">What is Sophos Central Enterprise<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-voraussetzungen\">Requirements<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A <strong>Central Enterprise Account<\/strong> with <strong>Super Admin<\/strong> permissions<\/li><li>A partial management unit with an active license<br\/><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-auf-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellen\">1. switch to enterprise master licenses<\/h2>\n\n<p>Contact us at  <a href=\"https:\/\/central.sophos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><code>https:\/\/central.sophos.com<\/code><\/a>  with your Sophos Enterprise account. Then click on your account name in the upper right corner and select <code>Lizenzen<\/code> from the dropdown menu. Click on the blue button with the inscription <code>Auf Enterprise Master-Lizenzen umstellen<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"21821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"Activate Sophos Central Enterprise Management\" class=\"wp-image-21821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-64x37.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. confirm changeover<\/h2>\n\n<p>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 <code>Auf Enterprise Master-Lizenzen umstellen<\/code> to confirm this step.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"21822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"Sophos Central Enterprise Management Confirmation\" class=\"wp-image-21822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-64x37.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-auf-master-lizenzen-umstellen-bestatigung.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. conversion in progress<\/h2>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" data-id=\"21823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-1024x522.jpg\" alt=\"Enter data for the Sophos Central Enterprise administrator\" class=\"wp-image-21823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-64x33.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-600x306.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-1536x782.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-master-lizenzen-umstellung-in-bearbeitung.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sophos Central: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/kb\/enable-sophos-central-enterprise-management\/\">enable enterprise management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/assets\/sophos-central-enterprise-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sophos Central Enterprise datasheet<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","kb_kategorie":[385],"class_list":["post-22093","kb","type-kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","kb_kategorie-central-admin"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/22093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avanet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_kategorie?post=22093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}