Activating your product online with a single-user license

By default, the application will automatically try to perform an online activation through the Internet. If, for some reason, it cannot access the SDL Activation Server, it will prompt you to perform an offline activation.

Before you begin

To activate your product online, you need:

  • Internet access
  • The product activation code

Procedure

  1. Display the Product Activation dialog:
    • For SDL Trados Studio & SDL Passolo, go to Help > Product Activation.
    • For SDL Trados GroupShare, go to All Programs > SDL > SDL GroupShare [year] > SDL GroupShare [year] Product Activation
  2. Select Activate.
  3. On the Online Activation page, enter your activation code in the Activation code box. Your can get your activation code by accessing your SDL Account > My Licenses.
  4. Select Activate.
    A message is displayed indicating that the activation was successful.