Shared Device License is a licensing method targeted at educational institutions where software is assigned to a device instead of an individual. Anyone who logs on to the device will have access to Adobe's products and services. This method of licensing is ideal for desktop computer labs and classrooms.
For more details, see Licensing overview.
As a user in a Named User Licensing education lab, you may encounter the error: Unable to verify subscription/Trial error after updating your Adobe XD application to version 50 or above. You will need to create and install a new Shared Device Licensing package from the Admin Console to resolve this issue. This is applicable on both Windows and macOS.
To learn how to create packages for Shared Device Licensing, follow the instructions:
Log in to the Admin Console and navigate to Packages > Packages. The history of all packages created by all admins in your organization is displayed.
If you have not created any packages as yet, you are presented with the following screen to help you get started.
Click Create a Package.
Select Shared Device Licensing from the given licensing options that are displayed on your screen, and click Next.
On the Entitlements screen, choose the required entitlement and click Next.
On the Configure screen, select the required options and then click Next.
A package made for one operating system and architecture type, cannot be deployed on another.
On the Choose Apps screen, click the plus icons next to the corresponding applications to include them in the package.
If you add a product that has dependent products, the dependent products are added automatically. For example, if you add Photoshop, the dependent products Camera Raw and Adobe Preview are added automatically.
App Add-ons: Certain Adobe apps come with Add-ons. So, when you add an app that includes one or more Add-ons, you have the option to include the add-ons in the package you're creating. By default, Add-ons are not included in the package.
After you're done with your selections, click Next.
On the Options screen, select or enable the required options and then click Next.
Creative Cloud Desktop Options:
Certain Creative Cloud desktop apps require you to keep file syncing enabled.
If you disable file syncing:
Management Options:
On the Finalize screen, enter the name of the package, and then click Create package.
You can also review the included applications and configuration for this package before building the package.
It displays a message after the build process completes. If the package is built successfully, the message also indicates the time period for which the package is available for download from the Admin Console.
To check the remaining time for the existing packages in the details pane, click 
for the package.
The build status of the package is displayed in the Status column on the Packages page.
If the package is built successfully, it displays the Download link in the Actions column.
A package is available in the Admin Console for up to three days. To check the time remaining to download the package, click to the right of the package name. It displays the package details.
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If the package that you've created, contains one or more apps that have been rolled back owing to a bug or issue which needs to be fixed, this package displays as Revoked. You will be unable to download this package. Also, if you have previously downloaded a package that contains a revoked app, you should not deploy it. You should create and deploy a new package with a non-revoked version of the app. 
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The downloaded package file is a .zip file format. If you double-click to unzip the package file, you may encounter the following, Unable to expand error on macOS 10.14 and prior versions. This is because the macOS Archive Utility does not support the unzipping of large files that are zipped using the Zip64 mode. 
To unzip the file, open the terminal in the folder where you've downloaded the file and run the unzip command: unzip <file name>.zip |
If you are creating macOS packages, the Adobe Package Downloader is downloaded to your computer. Open and run to complete download of package. For further details, see here.
The package that you download, contains a Packageinfo.txt file. This file has the information such as the following about that package:
The PackageInfo.txt file is for informational purposes only.
After you create the shared device license package, set up the devices in your lab with the license.
Choose from the following methods to deploy the package:
Adobe regularly ships updates and new release to its Creative Cloud apps. This way, your students, and staff can access the latest features of apps that you deployed to the shared devices in your labs and classrooms. To get the latest Creative Cloud updates, choose one of the following methods:
While you create and deploy packages to client machines, you might also require to remove previously installed products and licenses. For example, if your organization migrated from Shared Device Licensing to Named User Licensing, uninstall all the products and licenses previously installed on the machine. Also, there's often the case when client machines may contain multiple versions of apps. Or, may be using conflicting licenses. Client machines, may be consuming extra licenses, which are not returned to the deployment pool.
In all these scenarios, we recommend that you use one of these procedures to uninstall the products and / or licenses on the client machines:
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