Licensing takes place via activation over the Internet. With the corporate license, it is permitted to license Automation Studio on a B&R Automation PC that is delivered with the machine if it can be guaranteed that only service personnel working for the machine or plant manufacturer will have access to that instance of Automation Studio. The corporate license allows the use of Automation Studio by all users at a company at all of a company's sites, including all associated companies, for a period of one year. Technology Guard 0TG1000.02 is included in the package. This permits multiple users to share the right to use Automation Studio on different workstations by connecting the Technology Guard with the single-user license to the respective workstation computer.

The license is stored on a Technology Guard (dongle). Creating a new project and upgrades from the Internet are not supported. It enables maintenance and diagnostics of existing machines and systems and their software. It is intended exclusively for resale to machine and plant operators.

The resell license is a single-user license.