
Follow the on-screen instructions to enter the IDs shown on that screen into on this computer, providing this computer has Internet access.Enter the System ID and Activation ID and click Next.(You can in fact use the same computer: you don’t have to use another computer.)
Click Back and choose the option to use Another computer's Internet connection and click Next. If option 1 is not possible in your environment, please follow the indirect activation procedure below. If you are a school network administrator, you can free up the internet port that’s being blocked via the information in the help page at the link below, then try again:. *Note if this fails due to Firewall restrictions in your schools network environment with the message: Activation Server Could Not Be Reached or Failed to Process Your Request), please use one of the options below to complete the activation: Click ‘Activate’ next to the ‘Sibelius Licence Server’ option in Avid License Control or under the 'Licensing' Tab of Avid Application Manager and follow the prompts to activate via the automated internet process. For the case of Sibelius 8+, a small application called ‘ Avid Application Manager’ will launch. For the case of the Sibelius 7.1 and Sibelius 7.5 Licence Servers a small application called ‘ Avid License Control’ will launch. Start the Sibelius Licence Server on the machine after installing and click the ‘Licences’ Tab, then click ‘Manage Licences’ at the bottom-left. Install the Sibelius Licence Server from the ‘Program DVD’ in your Media Install Kit (or via download from your schools Avid Account), on a nominated server machine or workstation (the machine musthave a static IP address). If you have a ‘Stand-Alone’ multi-user licence, please see separate instructions)
*The following instructions are for ‘Network’ multi-user licences.
Sibelius 7.1 and later on Windows and Mac OSX. Instructions to activate ‘Network’ multi-user licences. Article KB00025: Sibelius network license activation