Evaluation Period Management

NCache Professional comes with all features (that are shipped with NCache Professional) during the initial evaluation period. 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 the 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, that 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.

Evaluation Period Info

The evaluation period status is displayed with the following PowerShell cmdlet shipped with NCache.

Get-NCacheVersion

Get NCacheVersion Result Window

Evaluation Period Extension

To extend your evaluation period, you will 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 your copy of NCache can be extended in online mode when an internet connection is available on the server. Just follow the steps below:

Open Windows PowerShell as an administrator.
Execute the following command where the value for the KeyType parameter is specified as Extension.

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

On the successful extension of your evaluation period, you will be prompted with a success message.

Offline Evaluation Extension

The evaluation period for your copy of NCache can be extended in offline mode 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. The OfflineActivate parameter is used to specify the offline mode of extending the evaluation period, and the KeyType parameter is set to Extension.

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

You will be prompted with a long encrypted text on your screen. This is the Evaluation Extension Request Code URL. Copy this URL.
Paste the URL on a machine that has internet access and open it. It will open the Activation Data Verification Page.
Verify your information and click on the Activate! button at the bottom of the page.
You will be redirected to the Activation Result page. Here you will be prompted with the Evaluation Extension Authorization Code on your screen. Copy this code.
Use the copied Evaluation Extension Authorization Code on the machine you are trying to extend the evaluation period for in the following way:

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

On the successful extension of your evaluation period, you will be prompted with a success message.