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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM MAS - Common Services
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 22, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Developer / Trial license for MAS

Only customers or major IBM partners have access to MAS licenses, restricting the ability of smaller consultancies or individuals who want to have access to MAS.


IBM should provide a developer or trial license for MAS. Having a 2-month expiry date similar to the Openshift Developer license would be perfect. This will allow:

  • New users to learn MAS

  • Experienced consultant to practice installing/upgrading MAS without having to engage and present IBM with an existing sale opportunity. (Without experience upgrading MAS, there is no opportunity to talk about)

  • Third-party developers can build add-on solutions and integration with MAS

  • Partners working on a project can pre-install MAS while waiting for the license procurement/provision. When the license is delivered, they can replace the developer license with it to promote the installed environment to become a fully functional system.

Without access to MAS, the majority of the Maximo implementers out there at the moment do not have access to refresh their skills. This limits their ability to promote and bring the product to the market.

Idea priority High
Needed By Yesterday (Let's go already!)
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Mar 10, 2026

    Hi,

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. Unfortunately, after evaluating this idea, we don’t believe it aligns with our product strategy and roadmap. Therefore, we will not be considering it for inclusion in our product at this time. Thank you again for your feedback.

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  • Guest
    Mar 10, 2026

    We would like to kindly request consideration for a trial option for IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS), similar to the model provided by Red Hat OpenShift, which offers a 60-day trial license to build and evaluate a cluster. Having a similar option for MAS would be extremely valuable for technical learners and professionals who are interested in gaining hands-on experience with the installation, configuration, and setup of the product suite. Such an opportunity would greatly support the learning community and help individuals better understand the capabilities of MAS in a practical environment.

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  • Admin
    Andrew Foster
    Mar 10, 2026

    IBM already has a software evaluation program in place to provide evaluation licenses.

    This program works alongside the developer entitlements available to members of our Partner program (silver and above)

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  • Admin
    Andrew Foster
    Jan 22, 2025

    Thanks for raising the Idea and for all the interest. I'm marking this as Future Consideration because we can't commit to a timeline at present.

    However we acknowledge the need and we are looking carefully at how we might address this requirement.

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  • Guest
    Nov 24, 2024

    I agree ! This could be a game changer

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  • Guest
    Nov 12, 2024

    I agree with Viet. Hope IBM acts on this

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  • Guest
    Nov 1, 2024

    I agree with Viet.Great idea, for keeping upto date with latest MAS.

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  • Guest
    Oct 25, 2024

    Prior familiarisation is key for a successful deployment and this should allow developers to be fully comfortable with the technology so a smooth Go-Live is achievable.

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  • Guest
    Oct 23, 2024

    Great idea Viet. This would really help drive the competency of my teams at Aboitiz as well. We have an AppPoints license but ofcourse IT is hesitant to hand out license files to play around with OpenShift and MAS deployments which are not directly required for deployments.

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