Can we extend the trial period of plugins by disabling them?

Question

My development team is considering moving to an existing JIRA setup, on version 4. We need to evaluate using JIRA to manage our development, as well as the Agile and a TFS plugin (USETFS or TFS4JIRA).

However, this is our scenario:

1. Setup our JIRA project. Enable Agile and TFS plugins (02-Oct).

2. Test connectivity to TFS (03-Oct)

3. Then if possible, disable the Agile and TFS plugins for 10 days (04-Oct to 13-Oct).

4. Pilot project starts on 14-Oct. Reenable the plugins with around 28 days left for trial period.

Is this possible?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

Generally, no, most plugins (if not all) look at the date the licence was generated.  Doesn't matter if they are disabled or not.

You may need to contact vendors to extend trial periods