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Activate the product

Before you can build and run flows, AutoFlow has to be activated. Activation is done per company and goes through a short wizard. During the first activation for your tenant, the wizard also registers the tenant itself.

How licensing works, in short​

  • Tenant: your Business Central tenant (online) or the licence behind your installation (on-premises). Registered once.
  • Company: every company in which you want to use AutoFlow is activated individually.
  • Packages: features and the number of usable flows are unlocked through packages. A Free Tier is always available; trial covers premium features in sandboxes for 6 months; paid packages add capacity and features for production use.

You can always review or change packages later from the subscription management. The activation wizard is only concerned with getting you up and running.

Start the activation wizard​

There are two common ways to open the wizard:

  • From the role centre notification: after installation, any standard role centre shows a bar "AutoFlow is not yet activated" with a direct link to the wizard.
  • From the Tell Me bar: search for AutoFlow Activation and pick the matching action.

The wizard then guides you through the steps below.

Step 1 — Register the tenant (first activation only)​

This step only appears the first time an mse Software GmbH product is activated in this tenant.

  1. Primary contact: enter the name and email address of the person who should receive notifications about your subscription (licence changes, upcoming renewals, and so on).
  2. Company information: AutoFlow prefills the company name, address, and VAT number from your Business Central Company Information. Review the data and correct anything that is outdated — this information is used later for invoicing.
  3. Confirm to register the tenant. The data is transmitted to the mse licensing service and the tenant receives a unique registration key.
tip

If you run AutoFlow on-premises, the registration key is tied to your licence serial number instead of a Microsoft 365 tenant ID.

Step 2 — Choose how to activate AutoFlow​

You now decide whether this company should use a trial activation or a production activation.

Trial activation (sandbox only)​

  • Available only in sandbox environments.
  • Unlocks all premium features for a 6-month trial period without any further steps.
  • The trial counts once per tenant — after it starts you can activate AutoFlow in any number of additional sandboxes and companies during the same trial window, at no extra cost.
  • No package selection and no checkout.

Pick this option to evaluate AutoFlow with the full feature set.

Production activation​

  • Available in production and sandbox environments.
  • If another company in this tenant already uses a production activation, the wizard finishes immediately and opens the subscription management — no further input is required.
  • On the first production activation, the wizard lets you pick the packages you want to buy.

Step 3 — Package selection (first production activation only)​

The wizard shows a list of available packages, grouped by product line:

  • Packages in the same product line are mutually exclusive — the tree view only lets you pick the highest tier of each line.
  • The Free Tier is always pre-selected and cannot be removed.
  • Packages from different product lines can be freely combined.
  • Each row shows the package name, included flows, included features, and the price.

Select the packages you want, then continue.

Step 4 — Checkout (only when paid packages are selected)​

If any paid package is in your selection, the wizard switches to the checkout:

  1. Partner or direct purchase: choose whether billing should run through one of your mse partners or directly with mse Software GmbH.
  2. Confirm company data: review the billing address; if you picked direct purchase, enter the email address that should receive invoices.
  3. Billing cycle: choose yearly or monthly billing. Monthly billing carries a 20 % surcharge — the wizard shows the exact amount.
  4. Review: a summary shows the packages, price per period, the pro rata amount for the current period, and the full price of the next period.
  5. Confirm to place the subscription. AutoFlow activates the selected packages immediately.

After activation​

AutoFlow is now active for this company. You can:

  • Open AutoFlow Flows from the role centre to create your first flow.
  • Open AutoFlow Licensing to review the active packages, change the billing cycle, add or upgrade packages, or manage the primary contact.
  • If you received a voucher for additional free flows or packages, continue with Redeem an action code.
tip

If you want to use AutoFlow in further companies of the same tenant, repeat the activation from Step 2 in each company. After the first production activation is complete, the wizard in additional companies finishes instantly.