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title: "Set the license server"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/ShogunLive115/276041021/Set%20the%20license%20server"
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If a server provides licenses to client PCs on your network, to enable a client PC to find its license quickly, specify the license server for Shogun Live.

If you use standalone licensing, Shogun Live will automatically find its license. If it does not, or if you need to change the license server, follow the steps below.

**To enable Shogun Live to find its license**

1. Ensure you have installed Shogun Live as described in [Install Vicon Shogun Live](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunLive115/pages/276041767). Depending on the type of license you have, ensure that your system is ready:
  - If your PC obtains its license from a license server, ensure that Shogun Live is licensed on the relevant server.
  - If you are using a standalone license, ensure that you have requested, saved, and activated your license on this machine.
2. Start Shogun Live and depending on whether or not a license is found:
  - If the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog box opens, select **Set License Server**; or
  - If Shogun Live opens and you want to view or change the current license server:
    - On the **Help** menu, click **Licensing**.
    - In the **Vicon Product Licensing** dialog box, go to the **Product License Location** list (in the lower half of the dialog box), right-click on the line that shows the relevant Shogun license and then select **Set License Type**.
3. In the **Change License Server** dialog box, do one of the following:
  - To use standalone licensing, click **Use Standalone/Commuter Licenses Only** and then select **OK**.
  - To obtain a license from any available license server (local or on a network), click **Use Standalone/Commuter Licenses Or Scan for a License Server** and then select **OK**.
  - To select a specific license server from a list of available servers:
    - Select **Discover**. Both local and network licenses are shown.
    - In the **Available Servers** list, double-click the required license server and then select **OK**.
  - To specify a license server, click **Use a Specific Network License Server**, type the name in the **License Server** field, and select **OK**.

> ✅ **Tip**   
> ✅ You can instead select the required license server by going to the **License Server** list (in the upper half of the dialog box), right-clicking on the line that shows the relevant Shogun license and then selecting **Use This License for Shogun**.