Managing Licenses within TSFA

Managing Licenses within TSFA

ThinkShield Firmware Assurance (TSFA) operates on a device-based SaaS model. Licenses for TSFA can be purchased through standard Lenovo channels and applied to UDS / TSFA. Within the TSFA portal, administrators can view the organization's purchased licenses and easily assign them to devices. Devices can be onboarded and provisioned but can only be fully managed through ThinkShield Firmware Assurance once a license has been applied.

Accessing the License Details

Organization Administrators and IT Admins can manage licenses by clicking Organization Account under your User icon in the top ribbon.
  1. Select the user profile in the top right of the portal.
  2. Click on Organization Account.
  3. Select the Licenses tab to view the organization's License subscription details.

Assigning Licenses to Devices

  1. Click on Assignments. The list of claimed devices is displayed on the left; assigned licenses are displayed on the right. 
  2. Check the number of Available licenses - the number is displayed next to Assigned Licenses.
  3. Sort the device list or use the Search box to find the device.
  4. Click the > icon to the right of the device information to assign a license to the device. The device moves to the Assigned Licenses side.

The device is now licensed. If you navigate to the Device Manager > Devices page, you will see a Yes label under the Licenses section.
* Licenses with the least remaining time are assigned first. 
* The Order History tab under Organization Account provides the time remaining for a license.
* If an actively licensed device is deleted from the TSFA portal, the license will become available again and can be re-assigned to another device until it expires.

Removing a License from a Device

  1. On the Organization Account page, click on the Assignments option under the Licenses tab.
  2. Locate the device(s) in the list by sorting, scrolling, or using the Search feature under Assigned Licenses.
  3. Click the < icon to the left of the device information to remove the license from the device
    The device moves to the Devices list, and the number of available licenses is increased by one. 

Renewing a License

By default, the Autoassign option is enabled for each device. With this feature enabled, a new license will be assigned automatically once the current license expires. 

If Autoassign option is disabled, the device license will expire, and the device will return to the Devices list on the Assignments page. The License label for the device will change to No on the Device Management > Devices page. The device will remain claimed but will not have full management functionality through TSFA until a paid license is assigned. To manually renew a license, refer to the Assigning Licenses to Devices section above.

Managing License Purchases

Org Admins can view license subscriptions and use the time remaining and billing term details to plan for future device management needs. Click on Order History tab from the main Organization Account page to view and export information on licenses purchased within the organization

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