The following instructions are for ‘Stand-Alone’ Sibelius Ultimate multi-user licenses.
If you have a ‘network’ multi-user licence for Sibelius Ultimate, please see these separate instructions.
Step 1
Install Sibelius Ultimate from the appropriate installer download found on the ‘Products’ page of your Avid account where the Sibelius|Ultimate multi-user license is hosted at the link below:
*Optional (recommended); Install the ‘Sibelius Sounds’ component from the Avid account on the same page, but do note this is a 23GB download, which will extract to 36GB once installed.
Step 2
Start Sibelius|Ultimate on the machine after installing and click ‘Activate’ when prompted. A small application called ‘Avid Link’ will launch.
Step 3
Follow the steps at the link below to activate Sibelius using Avid Link:
https://www.musicednet.com/KB00116
Note: if this fails due to Firewall restrictions in your school’s network environment with the message: Activation Server Could Not Be Reached or Failed to Process Your Request, please use one of the options below to complete the activation:
- If you are a school network administrator, you can free up the internet port that’s being blocked via the information in the help page at the link below, then try again:
https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/FAQ/Avid-Link-Networking - If option 1 is not possible in your environment, please follow the indirect activation procedure detailed at the link below:
https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/how_to/Offline-Activation-of-Sibelius-using-Avid-Link
