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# Unlimited software licenses

# Unlimited software licenses {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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Unlimited software licenses help you to create entitlements with unlimited allocations
and unlimited rights, allowing you to license any number of software installations with no true-up
cost.

A sam_admin or sam_user role can specify an entitlement as an unlimited license which allows
for unlimited allocations (user or device allocations) and does not classify the license metric
results as non-compliant.

While creating or importing an entitlement, you can select the Unlimited license check box on the Software Entitlement page or on the Import Entitlement
page.

## Considerations for unlimited licenses {#unltd-allocations-rights__section_k5j_r4j_ktb}

* Reconciliation process takes unlimited licenses into account where the software installations match and are licensed. Unlimited license is given priority over fixed amount license
* License metric results are generated separately for unlimited licenses.
* An unlimited license perpetual entitlement can be associated to only one unlimited license maintenance entitlement.
* Unit cost is equal to the total cost.
* Downgrade rights are supported for unlimited licenses.
* Purchased rights, Active rights, and Allocations available fields are not displayed for an unlimited license on the Software Entitlement page.
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## Supported license metrics and license types {#unltd-allocations-rights__section_qbp_qlj_ktb}

The following license metrics are supported across all metric groups for unlimited licenses:

* Per User
* Per Device
* Per Named User
* Per Named Device
* User Subscription
* Named User Plus
* Per Processor
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The following license types are supported for unlimited licenses:

* Perpetual
* Maintenance/Software Assurance
* Perpetual + Maintenance/Perpetual + Software Assurance
* Subscription
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