Method and system for administering a concurrent user licensing agreement on a manufacturing/process control information portal server

A non-transient computer-readable medium including computer executable instructions for facilitating administering a session-based concurrent user licensing agreement on a portal such that a single logon during a session persists across multiple distinct resources to which access is provided via a portal server, the computer executable instructions facilitating performing the steps of:

• receiving, by the portal server, an access request for a resource for which a license is required;
• invoking, based upon a code within a sequence of commands associated with the requested resource, a license manager associated with restricted resources associated with the plant information portal server, the license manager performing, for the purpose of granting, if needed, one of potentially multiple available session-based concurrent licenses, a set of further steps including:
• first confirming that an identified source associated with the request needs a concurrent license;
• second confirming that a concurrent license is available to assign to the identified source;
• and
• adding the identified source to a list of session-based concurrent license users to which a session-based concurrent license is assigned.