Few common terms used in licensing are explained below:
Tally.ERP 9 Silver Edition (Single User)
Tally.ERP 9 Gold Edition (Multi-User)
An Account is created once you activate your license. An account contains your license details, user details, and so on. An account is identified by a unique Account ID.
Accounts can be of the following types:
Single-Site Account: An activated single Tally.ERP 9, Tally.Developer 9, or Tally.Server 9 license is a Single-Site account.
Multi-Site Account: A Multi-site account is a type of account under which multiple Tally.ERP 9, Tally.Developer 9, or Tally.Server 9 licenses can be activated. These licenses could be activated at different locations. Each site is given a unique identification by the user, which is termed as Site ID.
Login to Control Centre to view your account.
An Account ID helps in easy identification of your account. The Account ID is created during activation, and by default, the administrator e-mail ID provided during activation is the Account ID.
You can add multiple licenses to an account using the same Account ID during activation. You can use the Account ID to perform licensing operations, use Tally Software Services, like Synchronisation, and so on.
Account ID can be a valid e-mail ID or any alphanumeric value. You can login to the Control Center and alter the Account ID, if required.
A Site represents the location where your license is activated.
A Site ID helps in easy identification of your Site. The Site ID is created during activation. You must enter a unique name in the Site License Activation screen to identify your license. For example, your location, nature of business, and so on.
You can use the site administrator e-mail ID to perform any licensing operations for the respective site.
A Tally.NET ID is created to identify and authorise users to perform operations like remote access, login to control centre, access company data by logging in as a remote user, and so on. The Tally.NET ID must be a valid e-mail ID.
An account or site administrator can create and authorise users to perform the operations mentioned above.
A Tally.NET ID is created when:
● An e-mail ID is linked to a serial number during license activation.
● An administrator creates a Tally.NET user from Control Center.
Tally.ERP 9 regular license allows you to use all features of the product, without any restrictions. This license does not expire.
Tally.ERP 9 allows you to buy product license for a specified rental period.
You can use all the features of the product during the rental period, without purchasing a permanent license. To use the Tally.ERP 9 rental license, you need to pay rental charges for a month, a quarter, or a year, as required.
In Educational Mode, you can use all the features of the product, with some restrictions.
You can input data only on the first and last day of the month.
The Silver edition is a single-user license. Only one user can access the license at a time in a LAN environment. For another user to access the same license, all other instance(s) of Tally.ERP 9 currently using the license must be closed.
The Gold edition is a multi-user license. Multiple users can access the license at a time in a LAN environment.