Zimbra Collaboration Administrator Guide

Administrator Guide

License Requirements

To try out Zimbra Collaboration, you can obtain trial versions free of charge.

Once your system is installed in a production environment, you will need to purchase a subscription or a perpetual license.

License Types

Trial

Trial extended

Subscription

Perpetual

Purpose

Free of charge: Trial license from the Zimbra website

(www.zimbra.com). The trial license allows you to create up to 50 users. It expires in 60 days.

Free of charge: Allows you to create up to 50 users and is valid for an extended period of time.

Obtainable from Zimbra Sales by contacting [email protected] or calling 1-650-427-5701. This license

Purchased: Applicable to a specific Zimbra Collaboration system and encrypted with the number of Zimbra accounts (seats) you have purchased, the effective date, and expiration date of the subscription license

Purchased: This license is similar to a subscription license and is valid for a specific Zimbra Collaboration system, is encrypted with the number of Zimbra accounts (seats) you have purchased, the effective date, and an expiration date of 2099-12-31. When you renew your support agreement, no new perpetual license is sent to you, but your Account records in the systems is updated with your new support end date.

License Usage by Account Type

Below is a description of Zimbra Collaboration accounts and if they impact your license limit.

License Account Type

Purpose

System account

Administrator account

User account

System accounts are specific accounts used by Zimbra

Collaboration. They include the spam filter accounts for junk mail (spam and ham), virus quarantine account for email messages with viruses, and GALsync account if you configure GAL for your domain. Do not delete these accounts! These accounts do not count against your license

Administrator and delegated administrator accounts count against your license

User accounts count against your license account limit.

When you delete an account, the license account limit reflects the change

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