A number of trade-in options were made available to support customers during the transition. As part of this, it announced the end of support for perpetual licenses and multi-user subscriptions in 2021 to consolidate into named user licenses. In last year’s (2020) Investor presentation Autodesk declared that the transition was over. The original target set for total subscriptions was 5.4 million, however by 2020 Autodesk reported 4.9million subscriptions with a slightly smaller operating margin. While this was the announcement, organizations have since been able to buy new perpetual licenses.ĭuring that 2017 Investor Day, Autodesk also shared their targets for the next 3 years. At the 2017 Investor Day, Autodesk announced its strategy to complete the transition in 2020 and said that the last day to purchase new perpetual licenses was January 31. In 2016, Autodesk announced that perpetual licenses would no longer be sold. Under her tenure, she led the company from $300M revenue to over $1.5B in revenue.Īutodesk has been on a journey to become a fully SaaS company since 2001 when its subscription service debuted. Bartz brought more of a business mindset to the organization and among the many decisions, narrowed the focus to the Windows platform.
In 1992, Carol Bartz was named CEO and John Walker returned to developing. It may seem strange to us now, but Autodesk software was one of the first that could draw perfect circles with just a command.īy 1989, Autodesk controlled 60% of the market share for CAD software – an incredible feat that only continued to increase. At the time, AutoCAD was a niche piece of software and was released when most computers didn’t even have mice. Maintenance Plan renewals for currently Standalone and Network licenses will end on May 7, 2021, so organizations that have not yet transitioned will need to act fast.ĭuring this webinar we explore the differences in the previous and new licensing models, evaluate the impact of transitioning to named users on your environment, and provide best practice recommendations to help optimize your Autodesk estate.Īutodesk was founded in 1982 with just $59k by six developers, including John Walker and Michael Riddle. Organizations need to understand the impact of this change on their environment and consider trade-in offers that Autodesk is promoting to support the transition.
Properly managing your Autodesk estate can save your organization millions of dollars in cost savings and audit findings.Īutodesk is moving from a licensing model based on serial numbers to a named user licensing scheme. Managing the Transition to Autodesk Named User LicensingĪutodesk has an aggressive compliance program which has ramped up over the last months.
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