Introduction
Before you start upgrading your CONNECT projects 3
How to upgrade CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects 5
- Single project Upgrade_ 5
- Several projects at the same time_ 6
CONNECT Upgrade – Frequently Asked Questions 9

Introduction

As part of our ongoing efforts to create the best user experience across the entire lifecycle through Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, we are consolidating our portals into only one – Bentley Infrastructure Cloud.

By accessing all your projects and data from a single location, you will gain new capabilities and more integrated and collaborative workflows across design, build and operate phases, resulting in more successful project delivery outcomes.

This is why we allow Project Owners and CONNECT Administrator to Upgrade CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects.

Before you start upgrading your CONNECT projects

There are several things you need to know before you start the upgrade process:

Entitlements / Licenses

CONNECT projects do not check for entitlements. When users access a CONNECT project they will record a Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect usage when using the different services, as Share, ProjectWise Web Connections, Deliverables Management, Project Insights, Issues, Forms or Component Center.

Infrastructure Cloud Projects take advantage of Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect and Bentley Infrastructure ProjectWise entitlements, which not only will give the users access to Infrastructure Cloud Projects, but also define the maximum set of permissions.

Important

Bentley’s policy is to set the Default Access configured at the Entitlement/Licenses Management service for every application as Allowed, meaning all users in an Organization are allowed to use any Entitlement/License.

If Everyone is granted access to Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect and Bentley Infrastructure Clooud ProjectWise, all users who access a Bentley Infrastructure Cloud project in their organization (or an external project that is setup with Bring Your Own License), will consume a Bentley Infrastructure Cloud ProjectWise entitlement disregarding the role assigned at the project level

To know more about Entitlements – please read this article.

As Best Practice, you should always check if Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud ProjectWise entitlements have been Allowed/Denied for users in your organization to prevent incuring excess costs.

To know how to configure Entitlements – please read this article.

Entitlements / Permissions

In CONNECT, Permissions/Restrictions must be set by Roles.

In Infrastructure Cloud, Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud ProjectWise entitlements will define the maximum set of permissions users will have when they access the project. Permissions can be restricted further using Roles, but you cannot grant permissions higher than the entitlement allows.

Who can Upgrade CONNECT projects?

Account Admins, CONNECT Service Administrators or Project Owners can upgrade CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects using the single project upgrade.

Account Admins and CONNECT Service Administrators can use the Bulk project upgrade to upgrade up to 1000 CONNECT projects at once

How to upgrade CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects

There are two options to upgrade CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects. One single project at a time or serveral projects at the same time.

Note: Once you upgrade a CONNECT project to an Infrastructure Cloud Project, you will no longer be able to open the project through CONNECT.

Single project Upgrade

To upgrade a CONNECT project to an Infrastructure Cloud Project

- Go to infrastructurecloud.bentley.com
- Click on a CONNECT project

Note: The first time you click on a CONNECT project, you will get a pop-up to remind you to read about pre-requisites

Click Here for details – will take you the article

Yes, I read it – will dismiss the pop-up ad let you continue.

Click on the browser’s back arrow – to go back to the Landing Page

(This is a one time pop-up)

The Upgrade Project pop up shows a message saying that the project is upgradable.
- If you want to continue with the Upgrade, check I understand that this upgrade is non-reversible and click on Start Upgrade.

- If you don’t want to continue with the upgrade, click Not Now and the project will open in Bentley Infrastructure Cloud
Once the upgrade process is complete, the project will open in Bentley Infrastructure Cloud portal.

Several projects at the same time

To Upgrade several CONNECT projects to Infrastructure Cloud Projects, at the same time

Go to infrastructurecloud.bentley.com
Click on Upgrade projects
- Select CONNECT Projects

You will get a Loading CONNECT projects message where you can chose to Cancel the process or wait until the list of projects is loaded

After the Loading Projects message, you will see a list of all your CONNECT projects
- Projects can be sorted by Recent, Alphabetically (by Project Name) or Last Created

- Select the project(s) you want to Upgrade and click the Upgrade button
- You can select up to 1000 projects to upgrade at the same time. Just scroll down so the list of projects gets populated and select all of them

- Once you click the Upgrade button, you will be taken to the Upgraded tab were you will see a list of all projects already upgraded and their status, along with the ones just selected for upgrade

In the Upgraded tab you will find information about the upgraded CONNECT projects.
- To the right you will get how many Succeeded projects, how many were Skipped and how many Failed.

- To the left you can select Export all, to export the list of all the upgraded projects

- Or select Export selected, to export the list of selected upgraded projects

CONNECT Upgrade – Frequently Asked Questions

Is CONNECT being deprecated?

Will user’s current CONNECT login credentials work on Infrastructure Cloud Portal?

Yes. User’s current CONNECT login credentials will provide them with access to their projects on Bentley Infrastructure Cloud, although their level of access will be determined by their entitlement – Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect or Bentley Infrastructure Cloud ProjectWise.

What features from my CONNECT project will be available in Infrastructure Cloud project?

All CONNECT projects can be upgraded. The features are Share, ProjectWise Web Connections, Project Insights, Issues, Forms, Component Center, iModels and Reality Data.

Only Portfolio Insights is not supported in Bentley Infrastructure Cloud

Will any of my data or connections be lost or interrupted because of the upgrade?

No interruption of service or connections will occur because of the upgrade and no data will be lost.

Can I choose if I want to Provide License to external team members or not?

In Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Projects, Project Owners may choose if they want to Provide License to external team members. Please refer to this article for more information

After upgrading a CONNECT project to Infrastructure Cloud Project, it is always a Best Practice to check Provide License for external team members. Just go to Administration – Provide License for External Participants

Will this upgrade affect my existing Work Area Connections to ProjectWise?

No. Work Area Connections and ProjectWise Drive settings will be the same. Users will be able to continue working as they were in CONNECT

What will happen with my Office 365 co-authoring settings?

Office 365 co-authoring settings will remain the same. No need to re-configure the settings.

Where do I find Enterprise Services to modify PW Drive, Co-authoring, Document Wizard and Component Center?

Enterprise Services can be found at the top right corner of the header. Please refer to this article for more information on Enterprise Services.

How will this upgrade affect the External Organizations and their projects (used to Collaborate with Deliverables Management)?

Upgrading your CONNECT projects to Bentley Infrastructure Cloud projects will not affect your External Organizations and their projects used to Collaborate with Deliverables Management. External Organizations do not need to upgrade their CONNECT projects to Bentley Infrastructure Cloud.

Will I be able to pay for External Organizations invited to Collaborate with Deliverables Management usage? How will I manage their Entitlements?

Project Owners may select which External Organizations invited to Collaborate through Deliverables Management they want to cover the costs for. All participants in the covered External Organizations will consume a Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Connect entitlement and have the corresponding permissions. Please refer to this article for more information

What will happen with my iModels and their connections? Will they still work?

Current iModel connections will still work. These connections are the same as in CONNECT. These iModels will have a PREVIOUS-GEN tag. You will be able to resynchronize existing connections and create new connections, using the CONNECT synchronization service which will remain available.

Empty iModels or New iModels will be able to use Bentle Infrastructure Cloud connections and will benefit from its new features. Please refer to this article for more information.

Existing CONNECT iModels can be used to Create Composite iModels along with new iModels.

What happened to Teams integration with my CONNECT project? Will this integration still work with Infrastructure Cloud Projects?

There is no integration between Teams and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud Projects. Teams app Website can be used to add an Infrastructure Cloud Project URL to a Team’s group or Channel

Go to your Team’s Channel and select to add a new tab
Search and select Website
Give the Tab a name
Go to your Infrastructure Cloud project, copy the URL and paste it in the corresponding field.

CONNECT Upgrade to Infrastructure Cloud