SLPS is intended for developers and independent software vendors (ISV) streamline operations with .NET protection technology and a licensing server.
On June 9, 2009, Microsoft announced that a Dublin-based company called InishTech has acquired the product and would service existing contracts and accept new SLPS customers.
SLPS performs “private permutation” for each company by transforming managed (.NET) code into a secure virtual machine (SVM) language that is attached to the application, protecting it from manipulation by end users.
SLPS lets developers create and activate new digital licenses without having to ship a new product to the office.
It can also be tied into a back-end billing system or customer relationship manager (CRM) to allow business partners to perform similar SLPS operations.