2.8 Installing or Upgrading a GPA License

If you plan to use GPA past the 30‑day trial period, install your license. To obtain a license, contact your GPA sales associate. Install your license on each GPA Console in your environment.

To install a license:

  1. Log on to a GPA Console computer with an account that has local administrator permissions.

  2. Start the GPA Console in the Group Policy Administrator program group.

  3. In the left pane, expand GP Explorer.

  4. In the left pane, expand Forest.

  5. If your domain is not listed in the left pane, show domains by completing the following steps:

    1. Select Forest.

    2. From the Action menu, select Show Domains.

    3. Select the domains you want to show, and then click OK.

  6. Select a domain in the left pane.

  7. From the Action menu, select Show License.

  8. Click Install New License.

  9. Browse to the license file you want to install, and then click Open.

  10. Review the license agreement. If you accept the terms of the agreement, click Accept.

  11. Click Close.