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UltraNow.

Give access a beginning and an end.

What if access followed the work?

People may need a licensed tool for a task without needing it assigned indefinitely. UltraNow treats access as a session: someone is approved, a window opens, and that window closes.

A product from OVRLab for teams using Google Workspace identity and supported Google licenses.

An approved user activates a license for a defined window; access ends with the session.

From approval to session

Administrators use Workspace groups to decide who can start a session and set its duration limits. Approved users sign in with their work account and activate access when they need it.

A visible countdown makes the window explicit. Administrators can end a session early, and usage records support team-level review. Underlying Google licenses remain billed through the customer’s provider subscription; session length is not a promise of hourly Google billing.

Design considerations

  • Permission versus availability

    Being approved to use a tool and having it available right now are separate states. A session makes that distinction visible to the person doing the work.

  • Clear endings

    A time limit needs an understandable end state. Countdown, expiry, and administrator controls all have to communicate the same access window.

  • Operational visibility

    Session records help teams understand when access was used. Decisions about capacity and cost still depend on the terms of the underlying license.

Explore the project

See the activation workflow, account setup, and current service pricing on the UltraNow product site.

Publications

  1. Project update

    Choose the license, keep the policy with it

    Employees can now select an enabled managed license, with capacity, session controls, and access policy tied to that selection.

    UltraNow
  2. Project update

    An audit log for organization access

    Company administrators can now inspect recorded access and policy events, with actor and category filters and sanitized event metadata.

    UltraNow
  3. Project update

    Enforcing a shared access limit

    UltraNow now checks organization capacity before activation and rechecks after reserving a session to handle competing requests.

    UltraNow
  4. Project update

    The UltraNow activation beta

    UltraNow now connects sign-in, a managed AI Ultra identity, and persistent session controls in one beta workflow.

    UltraNow
  5. Project update

    Start, extend, and stop temporary access

    Our internal UltraNow access tool now has a dashboard that makes the active session and its controls visible to the person using it.

    UltraNow