Cloud-based access to application usage

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of:

• receiving, by a front-end module of a server, from each organization of a plurality of organizations, a set of application licenses for use of applications;
• storing, by an onboarding module, in a license database of the server, the application licenses in association with the organizations;
• receiving, by a permissions module of the server from the front-end module, user credentials of a user;
• verifying, by the permissions module, the user credentials;
• determining, by the permissions module, the user credentials identify the user as being associated with a first organization of the organizations;
• receiving, by the front-end module from a client device via a web-based user interface, a selection of a first one of the applications;
• sending, by the front-end module to a license usage module of the server, the selection of the first one of the applications;
• receiving, by the license usage module from the front-end module, the selection of the first one of the applications;
• querying, by the license usage module, the license database;
• identifying, by the license database, other uses of the first one of the applications by other users of the first organization;
• returning, by the license database to the license usage module, information about the other uses of the first one of the applications by other users of the first organization;
• determining, by the license usage module based at least in part on the other uses, that the set of application licenses of the organization permits the selection of the first one of the applications;
• and
• responsive to determining, by the license usage module, that the set of application licenses of the organization permits the selection of the first one of the applications, running, by a license server, an instance of the first one of the applications in a virtual machine.

A computer system for providing cloud-based application licensing, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of:
• receiving, by a front-end module of a server, from each organization of a plurality of organizations, a set of application licenses for use of applications;
• storing, by an onboarding module, in a license database of the server, the application licenses in association with the organizations;
• receiving, by a permissions module of the server from the front-end module, user credentials of a user;
• verifying, by the permissions module, the user credentials;
• determining, by the permissions module, the user credentials identify the user as being associated with a first organization of the organizations;
• receiving, by the front-end module from a client device via a web-based user interface, a selection of a first one of the applications;
• sending, by the front-end module to a license usage module of the server, the selection of the first one of the applications;
• receiving, by the license usage module from the front-end module, the selection of the first one of the applications;
• querying, by the license usage module, the license database;
• identifying, by the license database, other uses of the first one of the applications by other users of the first organization;
• returning, by the license database to the license usage module, information about the other uses of the first one of the applications by other users of the first organization;
• determining, by the license usage module based at least in part on the other uses, that the set of application licenses of the organization permits the selection of the first one of the applications;
• and
• responsive to determining, by the license usage module, that the set of application licenses of the organization permits the selection of the first one of the applications, running, by a license server and for use by the user, an instance of the first one of the applications in a virtual machine.