The transition to EPLAN 2026 is not just a feature upgrade—it’s a licensing paradigm shift. Understanding to perform a rehost will save your team from expensive support calls, non-compliance penalties, and hour-long interruptions.
With EPLAN Platform 2026, the licensing structure has been reworked to offer simplified "expansion stages": eplan rehost 2026
Industrial cybersecurity standards have tightened. Physical dongles present a vulnerability (they can be cloned or stolen). The Rehost process migrates you to certificate-based authentication via EPLAN Identity Manager, aligning your engineering stack with IEC 62443-4-1 requirements for secure product development. The transition to EPLAN 2026 is not just
Returning an active license to the EPLAN license server so it can be reused on another machine. Physical dongles present a vulnerability (they can be
| Scenario | Why ReHost 2026 Helps | |----------|----------------------| | | New server or workstation requires license reassignment. | | M&A integration | Acquired company uses different EPLAN licensing models. | | Cloud migration | Moving from local dongle to EPLAN Cloud subscription. | | Lease return | Licenses tied to leased hardware must be moved. | | Disaster recovery | Quickly reassign licenses to backup infrastructure. |