> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/license/managing-licenses.md).

# Managing Licenses

Your account, subscription, team, devices and usage

Manage your licences in the customer portal at [portal.mksdtech.com](https://portal.mksdtech.com/login). Log in with your BEAM account.

Then [log in from Rhino and Revit](/license/licencing.md#log-in) to link each machine to your account.

## Portal home

The home page shows your licence at a glance.

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| Item                   | What it shows                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Your Licence**       | Your edition, your team and the status, such as **Active**, **Trial** or **Expired**                              |
| **Valid Until**        | When the subscription renews or ends                                                                              |
| **Licences**           | The number of licences                                                                                            |
| **Device Activations** | Activations in use out of the total                                                                               |
| **Account**            | Your name, email and company. **Manage Account** lets you change them, reset your password or delete the account. |

The buttons open **Dashboard**, **Team**, **Devices** and **Manage Subscription**. **Download BEAM** gets the latest installer.

## Subscription and billing

Click **Manage Subscription** to upgrade or cancel and to update your payment details. This opens the secure billing page of our payment provider.

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## Two ways to use licences

1. **Your own licences.** Log in with the account that bought them.
2. **Team licences.** Log in with your own account after the owner [adds you to their team](#team). You share the team's pool of licences.

Licences are assigned automatically. A device takes a licence when it runs an import or export, and the licence is released after a set time. See [How BEAM PRO licences are used](/license/licencing.md#how-beam-pro-licences-are-used).

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Logging out does not release a licence. The server releases it.
{% endhint %}

## Team

The account owner can share licences with other people.

1. Ask each person to register their own BEAM account with their own email address.
2. Open **Team**, enter their email address and click **Add Member**.

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* Turn on **Manager** to let a member help manage the team.
* Click **Remove** to take someone out of the team.
* Members can leave a team themselves with **Leave Team** on the portal home page.

Team members can use any team licence that is free.

## Devices

**Devices** lists the machines using a licence right now: the **Machine**, the **User** and when the activation **Expires in**.

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## Dashboard

**Dashboard** shows how your team uses BEAM. Pick a period of 7 days, 28 days, 90 days or 12 months.

<figure><img src="https://1008084047-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M20iL6J8Vf1nWgor7JL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f7c80d278b314a1332ada7a43118c3d71c22b752%2Fmock-portal-dashboard.png?alt=media" alt="Usage analytics" width="640"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **Active Users**, **Total Uses** and **BEAM Version** summarise the period.
* The chart shows monthly active users.
* **Usage by feature**, **Usage by BEAM version** and **Usage by application version** break the numbers down.
* **Recent activity** lists each import and export, with the user, feature and result.
* **Export CSV** downloads the data.

<figure><img src="https://1008084047-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M20iL6J8Vf1nWgor7JL%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5423e3eb00048a8329fed3d8a4f3efbc78278872%2Fmock-portal-usage.png?alt=media" alt="Usage breakdown and recent activity" width="640"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

The data updates every 15 minutes.