Milestone XProtect Expert Base License

XProtect Expert Base License (Milestone part number XPETBL) is the server licence that activates XProtect Expert, the high-security XProtect edition with failover recording and end-to-end video integrity. One base licence is required per XProtect system; you then add one XProtect Expert Device License (XPETDL) for every camera, encoder or other IP device you connect. Licences are perpetual and include the first year of Milestone Care Plus.

Who XProtect Expert is for

XProtect Expert suits mid-to-large installations with high security requirements: airports and transit, utilities, hospitals, corrections, casinos, data centres and industrial sites where recording must survive a server failure and evidence integrity must be provable.

What is included in XProtect Expert

• Everything in XProtect Professional+, plus hot- and cold-failover recording servers
• Media database encryption and digital signing of recordings for tamper-evident evidence
• Rule-based bookmarking and multi-stage video storage with data grooming
• Bulk device firmware upgrade and NVIDIA GPU-accelerated video motion detection
• XProtect Smart Wall and XProtect Management Server Failover available as add-on licences
• Milestone Federated Architecture as a remote site under an XProtect Corporate central site
• Milestone Interconnect remote-site support
• Encrypted server communication, Active Directory and OIDC single sign-on

Not included in this edition

• Evidence Lock, Incident Manager included, Smart Wall included and Federated Architecture as the central site (Corporate)

Need one of those? Compare with XProtect Express+, XProtect Professional+, XProtect Corporate. With Care Plus current, Milestone gives full trade-in value of your XProtect Expert licences when you upgrade.

How XProtect licensing works

1. One base licence per system (XPETBL, this product) activates the management server and the edition’s feature set.
2. One device licence per IP device (XPETDL) for each camera, encoder, NVR channel, audio device or I/O module on the Milestone supported device list. A multi-sensor camera on the list still counts as one device.
3. Add-on licences such as XProtect LPR, XProtect Access, XProtect Transact and Rapid REVIEW extend the platform.
4. Milestone Care Plus (first year included) keeps the system eligible for the three annual XProtect releases and trade-in upgrades.

This is an electronic licence. Nothing ships: the licence is issued against your Milestone software licence code (SLC) and activated in the Management Client. Perpetual XProtect licences include the first year of Milestone Care Plus; keeping Care Plus current gives you version upgrades and full trade-in value when you move to a higher edition.

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