Shared Web Licensing uses group-based permissions model to assign licenses. This means that licenses are assigned to groups, not directly to users.  This makes managing your licenses much more flexible.  These steps are performed Via the Ansys Licensing Portal and the Ansys ID Portal. 

1. Login to the Ansys Licensing Portal
   • HOW TO - Access the Ansys Licensing Portal 
2. Select Assignments > Manage Users and Groups.  This will open the Ansys ID Portal.
   
   
3. Click Add User > enter their information > click Add.
   Note: Their email must be the same email they used to sign up for their Ansys Account.
   
   
4. Click on Groups > Add Group > enter details > choose General type > click Add.
   1. We recommend creating a group called "All Users" that you put all users into.
   2. The type of group you choose has no impact.  You can use them as a label if choose.  (Ansys deprecated the functionality behind the private group, but left it in place.)
      
      
5. Select the group you just created > select Members > select Add.
   
   
6. Change user roles if necessary.
   • Customer Administrator = Has the same administrator permissions as the ASC over the Ansys ID Portal.
   • Member - Standard user who will need access to the software. 
     
     
7. You are now ready to assign Licenses to your groups.

1. Login to the Ansys Licensing Portal
   1. HOW TO - Access/Manage the Ansys Licensing Portal 
2. Select Assignments.
3. Click … next to the entitlement you want to assign and select Assign group to entitlement.
4. Once all changes are made, click Save
   

All that's left to be done is for the user to configure specify their license server settings. 

1. HOW TO - Specify an Ansys License Server