Step 3. Licensing: Activate Studio

For general licensing information, please see the License Definitions and License Restrictions pages.

Windows authentication

Before activation, confirm that you have been assigned an Evolve license and that you know your Evolve site address. If you are unsure, please reach out to your license administrator.

To activate Studio:

  1. Start Studio.
  2. Enter your Evolve site address and click OK.
  3. If you are not using your Windows credentials, type in your credentials and click OK.
  4. Mark one of the apps as default and click OK. You will be logged into that app by default going forward.

SAML authentication

Before activation, confirm that you have been assigned an Evolve license and that you know your Evolve site address. If you are unsure, please reach out to your license administrator.

To activate Studio:

  1. Start Studio.
  2. Enter your Evolve site address and click OK.
  3. Enter your identity provider credentials, for example Azure or Google, and click OK.
  4. Mark one of the apps as default and click OK. You will be logged into that app by default going forward.
Further information
  • If you add the Evolve Administrator URL, the default app login comes up (if available); otherwise, you can manually select from a list of applications.
  • If you add the Evolve Application URL, the application-level login comes up.
  • Upon relaunch, you will be logged-in to your favorite/default application - which you selected on the Evolve/Studio Manager site.
  • If you are signed out of Studio and then launch it, the log-on screen displays the base URL (for e.g. http://abc.wsdt.local), and you will connect to your favorite/default application - which you selected on the Evolve/Studio Manager site.

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