Photography Creative Cloud License moving to new desktop machine

Good morning all. I have an Adobe Creative Cloud license for Photography. I have two licenses that are currently in use - one on my desktop and one on my MacBook Pro. I am building a new desktop machine this weekend and deactivating the old one. Will I be able to install the programs on my new machine without issue, or will I have to do something else to allow the license to move over to the new machine?
Thank you all for your tremendous help in advance.

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