Disable License Trial

This is absolutely a basic requirement for Enterprise licence tenants. We dish out licences based on a business process and we are not interested in users 'helping users start to solve their urgent business processes right away' - not that we don't want those processes solved, we just can't have it done in an uncontrolled and unaudited way.

100% agree with the above comments. Smartsheet may feel that encouraging users to request a license is in their best interest, but this method is very inappropriate for an application that considers itself 'enterprise-ready'. It's messy and creates additional work for the customer.

Seems as though this idea has already been requested. Why can't users and/or organization admins disable the license request message??? Beyond wasting screen space, this message is unnecessary since users continue to receive the message but cannot acknowledge/hide it. A user might operate SmartSheets, unlicensed, for an indefinite period of time and does NOT need to keep seeing this.

I strongly support the other recommendations for System Administrators to control free trial requests. The organization pays for the licenses and has a process for deciding who will receive a paid license vs. a free one. Encouraging people to explore Smartsheet outside of our approval process creates confusion and burden for the administrators.

I encountered a new issue yesterday where I couldn't add someone to our account who had a free trial. I either had to add them as a paid user (and their usage does not warrant that) or they had to go into settings and cancel their trial. I have found that most individuals who sign up for the free trial did it by mistake and it causes extra work and leaves a sour taste in the mouth regarding Smartsheet's ease of use/access.

Please reconsider allowing the System Administrators to grant Free Trial requests instead of allowing users to make this decision. As Administrator I'm already spending a good chunk of time managing my users. I'm looking for Smartsheet to make this process easier, not more burdensome. Perhaps you could create functionality where a form is linked to the Free Trial Request button, sending the request to the Admin?

Thank you for your consideration.

Greetings. I write in regards to a petition I'm making because of the Smartsheet interface. The problem is simple: as long as a user does not have a paid Smartsheet account, a blue message at the top of the screen will remind the user they do not have a license. That in itself is not a bad thing, but the fact that it will not go away no matter what is what really baffles me.
First of all, the program will always take space for something that should be a prompt you can close. It may not be much, but it does use space in the screen and it is incredibly distracting at times.
Second, this is not dependent on the user so I find it disrespectful to them. I have employees who use a free Smartsheet account just so they can access the platform and do not need to purchase a license for their functions. They do not need to be reminded they do not have a license they will not purchase. Furthermore it has already been decided which employees in the company will have complete access to smartsheet and which will not. It is not pleasant to have the constant (and attention demanding) pop up in there at all times.

I hope you take this into consideration and can make this pop up a one time thing, or if you really must keep it, give it an option to be dismissed. Thank you.