AutoDesk - Accessing Products with Named User Licensing using an AutoDesk UserID
Beginning in the Fall 2025 semester, all student lab, classroom, and faculty installations of AutoDesk products will utilize AutoDesk named-user licensing (instead of concurrent network licensing). This requires each user to obtain a free Adobe UserID to access the educational licensing.
To do so, when launching an AutoDesk product, you will be prompted to sign-in with an AutoDesk account.
You will use your University email, which will redirect you to authenticate with your University NetID credentials.
For existing users:
Once authenticated, if you were previously added to access groups, you will be able to start using the application.
For new users:
If this is your first time, you will be prompted with the message below to complete your account setup.
Once complete and redirected back to the application, you may see the message below. This indicates that your newly-created account is not yet associated to any active subscription. You will need to contact the Help Desk to request to be added to the licensing group. Do not purchase or start a free trial.
After your account has been provisioned access, relaunch the application to begin using your active education license.