openproject/help/enterprise-edition-guide/README.md

# Enterprise Edition guide

Welcome to the OpenProject **Enterprise Edition guide**.

Here you find support for the [OpenProject Enterprise Edition](https://www.openproject.org/enterprise-edition/). The Enterprise Edition extends the Community Edition and provides **premium features**, additional **security feature**s as well as **professional support**.

The Enterprise Edition builds on top of the free Community Edition. An upgrade is possible at any time. Please see a detailed [feature comparison](https://www.openproject.org/pricing/#features) between the different versions of OpenProject.

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**Note**: This guide only describes the administrational part of the OpenProject Enterprise Edition. The feature descriptions for the premium features are included at the respective parts in the OpenProject [user guide](./user-guide/#readme).
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## Overview

| Popular Topics                                               | Description                                                  |
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| [Enterprise Edition trial](#create-an-enterprise-edition-trial) | Can I test the Enterprise Edition for free?                  |
| [Activate the Enterprise Edition](#activate-the-enterprise-edition) | How can I upgrade my Community Edition to an Enterprise Edition? |
| Installation support                                         | How can I get installation support?                          |
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## Activate the Enterprise Edition

The OpenProject Enterprise Edition builds on top of the Community Edition.

In order to upgrade your OpenProject Community Edition to the Enterprise Edition, sign into your OpenProject environment with an administrator account.

Click on your user avatar in the upper right corner (1) and select Administration from the dropdown menu (2). Next, select Enterprise Edition from the side menu on the left side (3).

In order to order the Enterprise Edition click on the button shown on the page (4). You can also request a trial token to test the premium features included in the Enterprise Edition.

Once you purchased an Enterprise Edition token or received a trial token you can upload it by pasting the token in the designated area (5). Finally, click the Save button to activate the Enterprise Edition and unlock the premium features.