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Youcanalsosetandcustomizeawarningmessagethatappearseachtimeaninstance

powersonastheexpirationdateapproaches.Anexpirationmessageappearswhenthe

instanceexpiresandtheinstancecannolongerbepoweredon.

AstandaloneACEinstancehasthesameexpirationpolicyasallinstancescreatedfrom

theco

rres

pondingACEpackage.Thefixedexpirationdateorthefixeddaterangeis

establishedatactivationtime.Eachtimetheuserpowersontheinstance,thedateor

daterangeischecked.Expirationchecksarealsoperformedwhiletheinstanceis

running.Iftheexpirationisreached,anexpi

rationmessageappear

sandtheinstanceis

suspended.

WithamanagedACEinstance,theexpirationpolicyworkssimilarlyasforstandalone

instances,buttheexpirationpolicyvaluecanbespecifiedforindividualinstances.A

validdaterangeforanACE‐enabledvirtualmachineappliestoeachofitsassociated

ACEinstancesunti

laninstan

ceisindividuallyconfiguredwithitsowndaterange.

Afterthatconfiguration,anychangestotheACE‐enabledvirtualmachine’sexpiration

policydonotaffecttheinstance.Allexpirationvalues,bothforACE‐enabledvirtual

machinesandforallACEinstances,aredynamic.Thismeansthatafteryouchang

ethe

valueandpublishthepolicyupdatetoACEManagementServer,ACEinstancesgetthe

newvaluethenexttimetheycheckforpolicyupdates.

Setting Copy Protection Policies

CopyprotectionpoliciesensurethatanACEinstancerunsonlyfromthelocation

whereitwasoriginallyinstalled.Ifyoucopy‐protectanACEinstance,itsfilescanbe

movedorcopied,buttheinstancecannotrunfromthenewlocation.

ForstandaloneACEinstances,youcanspecifywhethercopyingandmovingare

allow

ed.Fo

rmanagedACEinstances,youcanspecifywhetherbothcopyingand

movingareallowedorwhetheronlymovingisallowed.Inthiscase,onlyonecopyof

theACEinstanceisallowedtorunatatime.

Iftheusermovesorcopiesacopy‐protectedACEinstanceandtrie

storun

it,anerror

messageappears.Itlistsanalphanumericstringthattheusercansendtothesystem

administratororhelpdeskassistanttogetthecopyprotectionchanged.

Formanagedinstances,youcanalsodynamicallychangethecopyprotectionsettings,

switchingthesettingssothatmovedorcopi

edinstanceswillrun

ornotrun.Thismeans

thatafteryouchangethevalueandpublishthepolicyupdatetoACEManagement

Server,ACEinstancesgetthenewvaluethenexttimetheycheckforpolicyupdates.

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