This paper provides a technical overview of RealVNC licensing models, specifically focusing on the implementation and management of offline license keys. It addresses the necessity for offline activation in air-gapped or secure environments, details the deployment mechanism for new license keys, and outlines the operational procedures for system administrators.
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The only legal path to a new offline license key is through an authorized reseller or directly from RealVNC’s customer portal.
Offline licensing is not available with free or "Home" plans. To obtain offline keys, you need a paid RealVNC Connect subscription with the offline activation feature enabled. Most Enterprise tier subscriptions include this by default.
✔️ Confirm with your sales representative or the RealVNC customer portal that your product SKU is "Offline Activation Enabled."
While cloud-based licensing is convenient for many organizations, stringent security policies (government, defense, finance, or critical infrastructure) often require complete network isolation. For these "air-gapped" environments, offline licensing is essential.
If you have purchased a new RealVNC subscription (such as RealVNC Connect), this guide explains what an offline license key is, how to obtain it, and how to activate it on a machine with no internet access.
To understand offline licensing, one must distinguish between the different licensing tiers available for new deployments:
Large enterprises with site licenses may have access to the RealVNC Offline License Generator tool. This is a small utility provided by RealVNC sales that runs on a disconnected machine to generate keys on-the-fly without contacting support each time.
If you have this tool, you simply:
Since any hardware change invalidates the offline key, enforce a change-control policy. Before upgrading RAM or storage on a VNC-controlled machine, deactivate the old offline key:
vnclicense -remove
Then request a new key post-hardware change.