Thanks for bringing this topic into the Forums discussion. You are correct that with the 2024 Release, we now limit to 50 named users. Also, we no longer distribute framework keys for previous releases. This impacts a very small portion of Community Edition (our new name for the free version of Innovator) users. Our position is that organizations using Aras Innovator to support large product instances should be on a fully supported subscription.
The Community Edition is (and always has been) intended to support developers to explore and experiment with Innovator; to support POCs and “try before you buy.” This kind of offering is unique to the industry.
Running mission-critical business processes on unsupported software is simply bad business practice. We encourage any organizations finding themselves in a situation where they cannot support their organization’s interests with this new change to reach out to Aras or a partner to evaluate how we can support them.
Thanks John. This makes sense and has been great for helping teams adopt Aras and get excited about it. This is one of the biggest reasons one of our business units moved to Aras.
I have a POC for a different business unit I've been working on a little bit here and there for a couple years now. As I prepare to share it with the broader audience here I think it'd really benefit from all the changes in the 2024 release. It is not easy to "upgrade" or move to new community editions though and bring "historical" data which is part of what value this POC brings.
Do you have any recommendations or options for the Community Edition users to keep their small instances or POC's current with the community?
Thanks John. This makes sense and has been great for helping teams adopt Aras and get excited about it. This is one of the biggest reasons one of our business units moved to Aras.
I have a POC for a different business unit I've been working on a little bit here and there for a couple years now. As I prepare to share it with the broader audience here I think it'd really benefit from all the changes in the 2024 release. It is not easy to "upgrade" or move to new community editions though and bring "historical" data which is part of what value this POC brings.
Do you have any recommendations or options for the Community Edition users to keep their small instances or POC's current with the community?
