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# Licensing and Support

Manage GridGain licenses and understand the product lifecycle — Enterprise and Ultimate license files, the versioning and support-lifecycle policy, and SWID tags.

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[Licensing](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/licensing-and-support/licensing.md)
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How to specify, switch, update, and manage GridGain Enterprise and Ultimate Edition license files, including Java dependencies and license expiration.
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[Versioning and Support Lifecycle](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/licensing-and-support/versioning-and-support-lifecycle.md)
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GridGain's Major.Minor.Maintenance versioning convention, the standard support lifecycle, and the release support dates for GridGain platform versions.
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[Software Identification (SWID)](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-management/licensing-and-support/software-identification.md)
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GridGain Software Identification (SWID) tags — ISO 19770-2 XML artifacts that identify the product for software asset management tools, and where to find them.
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