Tally 8.

1 – Licensing FAQs

Q 1: What is Tally 8.1 Silver/Single user licensing?

Answer:

Tally 8.1 Silver/Single-user Licensing allows installation of Tally on a SINGLE computer,

with an option of activating it Online or Offline. You can also choose to use the same
Tally 8.1 Silver/Single user license on another computer, by surrendering the license
activated on first computer and reactivating it on the other. An Offline user takes the
request file generated by Tally 8.1, to a computer, which has Internet connectivity and
activates the license.

Q 2: What is Tally 8.1 Gold/Multi-user licensing?

Answer:

Multi-user Licensing allows installation of Tally 8.1 on ANY NUMBER of computers

connected through local area network (LAN). Activation is similar to that of a Single-
User Licensing.

Once a Multi-User license is successfully installed on a computer designated as the

License Server, you can start Tally 8.1 with the Windows running as a service in the
background. The other computers, designated as License clients can install Tally 8.1,
and set the parameter TallyLicenseServer (Example: Servername: Port Number) in the
Tally.ini configuration file.

Q 3: How to get the License/Tally Serial Number in Tally 8.1?

Answer:

There are two options to get the License/ Tally Sl. No.

a) Online (for computers with internet connection)

b) Offline (for computers without internet connection)

To activate the License through Online

1) Connect to Internet

2) Open Tally.

3) The Activation Form appears as shown below.

 4) Enter the Serial, Key and E-mail.

5) Accept the screen

6) Tally SI. NO. is displayed on top right corner.

To Activate the License through Offline.

1) When you start Tally, an Activation Form dialog box is displayed. As the machine
does not have an Internet connection, press Esc or Ctrl+Q to quit this form.

2) Go to F12: Configure > Licensing > Offline

3) The Offline Activate Form displays three fields Serial, Key and Email. Key-in
the correct Serial, Key and Email in their respective fields and press Enter. A
message displays indicating that the tally_req.lic file has been successfully
generated.

4) Copy the tally_req.lic file from the Tally folder of your computer on a floppy or
CD and take it to any computer with Internet connectivity and Tally installed in it.

5) Copy the tally_req.lic file from Floppy or CD to the Tally folder on the computer
with the internet connection, start Tally and go to F12: Configure > Licensing >
Offline.

6) Click on Send External Request option to send the request to Tally Internet
Services server. A new file tally_resp.lic, will be generated and saved in the
Tally folder on the computer with internet connection.

7) Copy the new tally_resp.lic file on a floppy or CD, from the Internet connected
computer and paste the tally_resp.lic file into the Tally folder of your computer.

8) When you start Tally, you will see the following screen confirming the license
activation.
Q 4: I have a Tally Multi-user edition. When I Go to Gateway of Tally > F12:
Configure > Licensing, the options ‘Online’ and ‘Offline’ do not exist, Why?

Answer:

In multi-user licensing system, the License menu on the License server computer
displays all the options available to a single-user.

On the License client computers, the options Online and Offline do not exist.

Q 5: What is List Add-Ons?

Answer:
List Add-Ons provides the list of additional modules available in Tally. You can
purchase these modules through TVP (Tally Value Pack).
Q 6: Is activation of license a one-time job?
Answer:

This is a one-time process. The license has to be validated within 45 days of activation.
Tally will prompt you to validate the license, before the expiry period. The procedure for
validating Tally is the same for both single-user and multi-user edition.

Q 7: How do I validate the license through Online?

Answer:

Tally will display the message ‘Your License is about to expire! Please re-activate’. If
you have an Internet connection, connect to the Internet and validate the license
manually as shown below.
Go to F12: Configure > Licensing > Online > Update

Important: This is a one-time process. If you do not validate within the given time, Tally
will switch to Educational mode.

Q 8: How do I validate the license through Offline?

Answer:

Tally will display a message ‘Your License is about to expire! Please re-activate’. If
you are not connected to the Internet, you can validate the license on any computer with
an Internet connection. For the detailed procedure, please follow the Instructions
mentioned in the answer to the Question no. 3, section b.

Once the procedure is complete validate the license manually on your computer using
F12: Configure > Licensing > Offline > Update License.

Important: This is a one-time process. If you do not validate within the time period, Tally
will switch to Educational mode.

Q 9: What is Surrendering Tally License?

If you want to install Tally 8.1 on another computer, surrender the license activated on
first computer.

Go to F12: Configure > Licensing > Online/Offline.

Important: If you desire to format your hard disk, it is recommended to surrender the
Tally 8.1 license and reactivate it again. Else, Tally will switch to Educational mode.

The procedure for surrendering the license is the same for both single-user and multi-
user edition.

Surrendering License – Online Users

1) Go to F12: Configure > Licensing > Online > Surrender

 2) The surrender License request is sent to Tally Internet Services Server. Once it
gets updated, the license file in the Tally folder is deleted.

3) On surrendering the license, Tally will function in Educational mode.

4) You can now activate the same license on a different computer.

Surrendering license - Offline Users

1. Go to F12: Configure > Licensing > Offline > Surrender

2. Press Enter to proceed

3. A message displays ‘Offline Surrender Request tally_req.lic file is

successfully generated’.

4. Copy the tally_req.lic file from the Tally folder on a floppy or CD and take it to
any computer with Internet connectivity and having Tally installed in it.

5. Copy the tally_req.lic file from the Floppy or CD to the Tally folder on the
computer with internet connection, start Tally and go to F12:Configure >
Licensing > Offline

6. Click on the Send External Request option to send the surrender request to
Tally Internet Services server.

7. Your Tally License is successfully surrendered and is ready for use on another
computer.