<s>
Automatic	B-Application
server	I-Application
discovery	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
licensing	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
client	O
applications	O
to	O
find	O
license	B-Application
servers	I-Application
automatically	O
on	O
the	O
network	B-Architecture
,	O
thus	O
eliminating	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
to	O
manually	O
configure	O
server	O
information	O
and	O
allowing	O
system	O
administrators	O
to	O
perform	O
their	O
tasks	O
more	O
easily	O
and	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	B-Application
server	I-Application
discovery	I-Application
often	O
uses	O
Multicast	O
UDP	B-Protocol
to	O
send	O
broadcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
to	O
which	O
available	O
license	B-Application
servers	I-Application
respond	O
with	O
information	O
about	O
their	O
network	B-Architecture
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
licensed	O
server	O
is	O
discovered	O
,	O
the	O
information	O
is	O
locally	O
cached	O
on	O
the	O
client	O
machine	O
,	O
so	O
automatic	B-Application
server	I-Application
discovery	I-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
performed	O
at	O
each	O
application	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
NTP	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
Automatic	B-Application
server	I-Application
discovery	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatic	B-Application
server	I-Application
discovery	I-Application
typically	O
works	O
only	O
on	O
local	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
WAN	O
or	O
VPN	B-Application
connections	O
.	O
</s>
