Version 6.0 of the Manco .NET Licensing System released.

We’ve released version 6.0 of the Manco .NET Licensing System. Here is the list of the most significant changes made in new version:

1. The major change in the version 6.0 concern the method is used to access licensing data. This version use single data access point - WCF Data Service (either hosted internally with License Manager or hosted on IIS). This approach simplifies creation of the distributed development and testing environment and makes data access more clear for 3d party applications.
2. According to the Microsoft database roadmap we will not support MS Access database anymore. In the version 6.0 we support MS SQL (Full or Express). We are planning to add support for MySQL and Oracle in the future.
3. Database structure has been changed to allow customer search using any licensing rule and simplify using of the licensing data from 3d party applications.
4. Added standalone Database Manager application which allows install/upgrade MS SQL database and copy data between databases.
5. UI of the License Manager has been redesigned.
6. Added ability to edit and store settings of the ILicenseKeyProvider implementation. So created code always will be the same and need not to be changed. For example, if BypassExpirationCheck property is marked to return true, then it always will return true in the generated code.
7. Added ability to save customer search conditions for further use.
8. Added ability to use license custom values as licensing rules (you can use them to validate license).
9. Added DisallowedInEdition attribute. This way you can specify editions where some functionality is disallowed.
10. Added support for re-sellers (or salespersons in the big company) - sale record now store name of the user who created it (when License Manager and/or AWS uses external Data Service hosted on IIS). You can use this information in the customer search condition.
11. Added delayed sales creation on AWS. It allows set the license parameters, features and values and from generate bundle of the unlock keys. Then print that keys on a labels and affix it to the CD before shipping. Then when the customer activates the application all the other data needed for the sale could be uploaded to the Activation Web Service and posted to the License Manager Database.