How to obtain more information on approval-based license provisioning? (4299674)

How to obtain information about approval based license provisioning using the Database Tools License Portal?

To control product accessibility across subscription editions of database tools the future release of the License Portal will use approval based license provisioning feature.

Using the approval based license provisioning feature enables license administrators to approve or deny requests for license seat consumption to control license seat provisioning based on the user, type of license and application.

License administrators can enable the "Approval based provisioning" setting via the Setting page of a given license. Once the setting is enabled, license requests by license requestors must be approved by the license administrator before the user can use the license to access the application.

For example, a user can enter a license number in License Portal for the usage of the application. The license administrators of the license will be notified by email and by License Portal in-app notification of the pending approval request. The License Portal will have "pending approval" indicators on the license page for improved visibility as well. 

The license administrator needs to approve the request to provision the license seat to the requestor. They also have the option to deny the request. The requestor will be notified by email of the approval or denial of the request.

Having multiple ways to provision licenses gives a license or organization administrators the flexibility in the control of licenses based on type, user, and application.

See User Roles KB article for more details on License Portal user roles. 

**License Owner and Organization Owner will receive the approval notification in the case License Administrator has not fulfilled the pending request.