Trados Business Manager – End of Life Announcement

Trados Business Manager (TBM) has reached end of life. Following the discontinuation of TBM sales on 31 October 2023, all maintenance and support services will conclude on 31 October 2024.
What Does This Mean for TBM Users?

  • End of Services: RWS will no longer provide any services related to the installation or updating of TBM.
  • Existing Installations: TBM will remain functional where already installed, but the RWS support team will not offer assistance in troubleshooting issues, addressing reported problems, or providing further development for TBM.
  • Documentation: The TBM documentation has been removed from docs.rws.com.
  • Community Support: The community forum for TBM will remain accessible in a read-only format for users to reference if needed.
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Moving from BaccS to Business Lite or to BM Online : how to choose and how to transfer data

Manuella Lange

Hello Eugène,

I am a BaccS user via ProZ. As there will be no updates in the future I am considering switching to BMLite. But I have an history in BaccS, + templates + Customer lists + expenses etc...

Is there a way to "migrate" the data from one version to another ?

Or should I consider to buy BM Online ? so to have access to all the features of BaccS ?

Business Manager Lite seems to be a good tool for quotes or invoices but I miss the possibility to add expenses. Even a freelance has expenses, isn'it?

With kind regards, Manuella
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    Hello, Eugene!

    I am also a BaccS user via ProZ. I have just downloaded a trial version of BM, but I'm concerned that activating the trial licence might override my BaccS licence or cause it to malfunction.  1) Can I use both products concomitantly? 2) When my trial of BM expires, a) Do I need to cancel anything? b) Will my BaccS and its data still be functioning normally and preserved? 

    Thank you and kind regards,

    Mayra
  • 0 in reply to Mayra Vieira Borges

    Hello, Mayra,

    I think it won't work if you cancel a trial. The reason is database structure. With ProZ, you have version (I forgot) 4.14, for example. With TBM, version is 5.3. Larger that the one used with ProZ. If you cancel trial and return to 4.14, databases won't be compatible (can't downgrade), and it won't work. So, maybe it's worth to save (backup) current database. But anyway it won't be too pleasant to enter data in old database after cancelling current trial.

    Please let me know if this helped or additional clarifications are needed?

    Eugene.
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  • 0 in reply to Mayra Vieira Borges

    Hello, Mayra,

    I think it won't work if you cancel a trial. The reason is database structure. With ProZ, you have version (I forgot) 4.14, for example. With TBM, version is 5.3. Larger that the one used with ProZ. If you cancel trial and return to 4.14, databases won't be compatible (can't downgrade), and it won't work. So, maybe it's worth to save (backup) current database. But anyway it won't be too pleasant to enter data in old database after cancelling current trial.

    Please let me know if this helped or additional clarifications are needed?

    Eugene.
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