Evaluation Period Management for Windows

NCache Enterprise comes with all features during the initial evaluation period of 60 days. Once this evaluation period expires, you can either purchase an NCache license or request an extension key to extend your evaluation period by an additional 30 days up to 180 days. You can get this extension key from Alachisoft Sales.

Important

Evaluation is domain specific since installation key expiration is tracked at customer domain level and not separately for each user.

Register for Free Evaluation

The installation key you receive comes with a one-time 60-day free evaluation. Meaning, if you install NCache using the installation key, you automatically get 60 days of free evaluation. However, if you are using a docker image or a cloud image that comes with pre-installed NCache, you will need to register yourself with Alachisoft and get a free installation key. You can then use that installation key in the Register-NCacheEvaluation Powershell cmdlet to start your free evaluation.

Follow the steps below to register your copy of NCache for a free evaluation:

Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.
Execute the following command where the Key parameter is the installation key obtained from Alachisoft Sales.

 Register-NCacheEvaluation -Key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -FirstName John -LastName Smith -Email john@yourdomain.com -Company your_company_name

You can choose to extend this evaluation period for another 30 days using extension keys obtained from Alachisoft Sales.

Evaluation Period Info

Evaluation period status is displayed with PowerShell cmdlets shipped with NCache. The quickest way to check License/Evaluation info is through the Get-NCacheVersion PowerShell cmdlet.

NCache Evaluation Period Info

Evaluation Period Extension

To extend your evaluation period, you’ll need an extension key. You can contact Alachisoft Sales to get an extension key. Once you have an extension key, you will use the Register-NCache PowerShell cmdlet. There are two methods to extend your NCache evaluation period, online and offline. They are explained below:

Online Evaluation Extension

The evaluation period for NCache can be extended online when an internet connection is available on the server. Just follow the steps below:

Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.
Execute the following command by providing the extension key and specifying the KeyType parameter as Extension.

Register-NCache -Key xxxxxxxxxxxxx -FirstName John -LastName Smith -Email john@yourdomain.com -Company your_company_name -KeyType Extension

Offline Evaluation Extension

The evaluation period for NCache can be extended offline when an internet connection is not available on the server. Just follow the steps below:

Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.
Execute the following command to generate your Evaluation Extension Request Code URL by providing the extension key and specifying the KeyType parameter as Extension. In addition, you need to specify OfflineActivate parameter.

Register-NCache -Key xxxxxxxxxxxxx -FirstName John -LastName Smith -Email john@yourdomain.com -Company your_company_name -KeyType Extension -OfflineActivate

You will be prompted with a long encrypted text on the screen. This is the Evaluation Extension Request Code URL.
Copy this URL from the screen to another computer that has internet access. It will open Activation Data Verification page.
Once you have verified that the information is correct, click on the Activate! button at the bottom of the page.
This will redirect you to Activation Result page showing the Evaluation Extension Authorization Code.
Copy the Evaluation Extension Authorization Code back to this computer and complete your evaluation extension using following command.

Register-NCache -AuthCode <Evaluation Extension Authorization Code> -OfflineActivate

On successful evaluation extension, you will get a success message.