Document history for AWS License Manager
The following table describes the releases of AWS License Manager.
| Feature | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| User-based subscriptions | Utilize supported user-based subscription products on Amazon EC2. | August 2, 2022 |
| Record and submit license usage data (console) | Record and submit license usage data using the License Manager console. | March 28, 2022 |
| License type conversion (console) | Change your license type between AWS-provided licensing and Bring Your Own License model (BYOL) using the License Manager console without redeploying your existing workloads. | November 9, 2021 |
| License type conversion (CLI) | Change your license type between AWS-provided licensing and Bring Your Own License model (BYOL) using the AWS CLI without redeploying your existing workloads. | September 22, 2021 |
| Sharing entitlements | Share managed license entitlements with your entire organization with one request. | July 16, 2021 |
| License reports | Track the history of your license type configurations with License Manager usage reports (formerly called report generators). | May 18, 2021 |
| Automated discovery exclusion rules | Exclude instances from License Manager automated discovery based on AWS account IDs and tags. | March 5, 2021 |
| Managed entitlements | Track and distribute license entitlements for products purchased from AWS Marketplace and sellers who use License Manager to distribute licenses. | December 3, 2020 |
| Automated accounting for uninstalled software | Configure automated discovery to stop tracking instances when software is uninstalled. | December 3, 2020 |
| Tag-based filtering | Search your resource inventory using tags. | December 3, 2020 |
| AMI association scope | Associate your license configurations and the AMIs shared with your AWS account. | November 23, 2020 |
| License affinity to host | Enforce license assignment to dedicated hardware for a specific number of days. | August 12, 2020 |
| Track Oracle deployments on Amazon RDS | Track license usage for Oracle database engine editions and licensing packs on Amazon RDS. | March 23, 2020 |
| Host resource groups | Configure a host resource group to enable License Manager to manage your Dedicated Hosts. | December 1, 2019 |
| Automated software discovery | Configure License Manager to search for newly installed operating systems or applications and attach the corresponding license configurations to the instances. | December 1, 2019 |
| Differentiate between license included and bring your own license | Filter your search results based on whether you are using licenses provided by Amazon or your own licenses. | November 8, 2019 |
| Attach licenses to on-premises resources | After you attach licenses to an on-premises instance, License Manager periodically collects software inventory, updates licensing information, and reports usage. | March 8, 2019 |
| AWS License Manager initial release | Initial service launch | November 28, 2018 |
