Trados Business Manager – End of Life Announcement

Trados Business Manager (TBM) has reached end of life. Following the discontinuation of TBM sales on 31 October 2023, all maintenance and support services will conclude on 31 October 2024.
What Does This Mean for TBM Users?

  • End of Services: RWS will no longer provide any services related to the installation or updating of TBM.
  • Existing Installations: TBM will remain functional where already installed, but the RWS support team will not offer assistance in troubleshooting issues, addressing reported problems, or providing further development for TBM.
  • Documentation: The TBM documentation has been removed from docs.rws.com.
  • Community Support: The community forum for TBM will remain accessible in a read-only format for users to reference if needed.

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Moving the TBM Essential to a new computer

To install Trados Business Manager (desktop version) on another computer and move data from previous one, you have to do the following:

  1. Run the installation file and install SDL Trados Business Manager.

    • If Trados Business Manager was installed outside of the Program files folder, copy the following file from previous computer to the same locations on a new computer:

      InstallationFolder\resources\bin\database\tbmdb.sqlite

    • If Trados Business Manager was installed inside the Program files folder, copy the following file from previous computer to the same locations on a new computer (considering that you install Trados Business Manager into the Program files folder again, otherwise copy these files to a place mentioned in point 2a):

      Documents\Trados Business Manager v6\tbmdb.sqlite

If you use the online version, then you can use default database backup and restore tools (for example, Microsoft SQL Management Studio) to transfer your data into new location, and then use Config page to setup connection with a database on a new server.