The ArcGIS Pro application is part of ArcGIS Desktop, which allows you to create and work with spatial data on your desktop. It provides tools to visualize, analyze, compile, and share your data in 2D and 3D environments.
You have the following options for licensing ArcGIS Pro:
- Provision named-user licenses to Portal for ArcGIS members.
- Provision named-user licenses to members of an ArcGIS Online organization.
- Implement concurrent-use licenses using License Manager Server.
- Use a single-use license.
Note that once your ArcGIS Pro installation has been licensed using any of these methods, you can connect to other portals from ArcGIS Pro.
This topic covers the first licensing option: provisioning named-user licenses to Portal for ArcGIS members.
As an administrator of a portal organization that will provision ArcGIS Pro licenses to portal members, you need to do the following:
- Purchase and download a license file through My Esri.
- Configure ArcGIS Pro licenses with your organization's ArcGIS License Server Administrator.
- Provision ArcGIS Pro licenses to members of your portal organization through the portal website.
Only ArcGIS Pro can be licensed through a portal organization. For other ArcGIS Desktop applications—ArcMap and ArcCatalog—use the local ArcGIS Administrator application to set levels and extensions.
Configure ArcGIS Pro licenses for your organization
Configure ArcGIS Pro licenses using the following steps. The portal you specify to manage licenses is known as the licensing portal. This is important, as ArcGIS Pro connects to this portal to obtain licensing information for members of your organization. If your organization has multiple portals, ensure the portal you specify is the one you want to use to manage licenses. Only one portal can use ArcGIS License Server Administrator; you cannot configure multiple licensing portals. You can optionally configure the portal with a backup ArcGIS License Server Administrator.
- If you haven't done so already, review the ArcGIS License Manager system requirements and install the software. You can download the setup from My Esri.
This table shows the supported versions of ArcGIS License Manager to enable named user licensing for ArcGIS Pro with Portal for ArcGIS.
Portal for ArcGIS version
10.7
10.6.1
10.6
10.5.1
10.5
ArcGIS Pro version
2.3
License Manager 2018.1 or later
License Manager 2018.1 or later
License Manager 2018.1 or later
Not supported
Not supported
2.2
License Manager 2018.1 or later
License Manager 2018.0 or later
License Manager 2018.0 or later
Not supported
Not supported
2.1
License Manager 2018.1 or later
License Manager 2018.0 or later
License Manager 10.6 and 2018.0 or later
Not supported
Not supported
2.0
License Manager 2018.1 or later
License Manager 2018.0 or later
License Manager 10.6 and 2018.0 or later
License Manager 10.5.1
License Manager 10.5.1 and 10.5
- Open ArcGIS License Server Administrator and start the license service if it's not running. Click the Authorization tab.
- Select Named User from the Version drop-down dialog box and click Authorize Now.
- Select I have received an authorization file from Esri and am now ready to finish the authorization process and browse to the license (.json) file that is used to license your ArcGIS Enterprise portal. Click Open.
- Click Next. A dialog box appears, indicating that the named user licenses have been applied. Click OK. A dialog box may appear for a few seconds, indicating that the licenses are being read again.
- Click the Availability tab and select Named User from the drop-down dialog box. Confirm that your expected authorizations display. The totals listed will be three times the actual number of named users. This is because each named user is allowed to have three simultaneous ArcGIS Pro sessions open.
- Click OK and close ArcGIS License Server Administrator.
- If you need to update your ArcGIS License Manager, open a web browser and sign in to the ArcGIS Portal Directory as a member of the default administrator role in your organization. The URL is formatted as https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis/portaladmin.
- Browse to Home > License > Update License Manager.
- In the License Manager Info field, specify the host name of the ArcGIS License Server Administrator machine.
{ "hostname":"portal.domain.com" "port":27000 } - Click Update.
Your organization is now configured with ArcGIS Pro licenses.
Provision ArcGIS Pro licenses in Portal for ArcGIS
Once you've configured ArcGIS Pro licenses for your organization, assign ArcGIS Pro licenses to yourself and your members. See Manage licenses for full instructions. Once you've provisioned licenses accordingly, connect ArcGIS Pro to your licensing portal as described below.
License:
You can only provision ArcGIS Pro licenses to portal members with a compatible user type.
Organizations requiring more control over offline usage of ArcGIS Pro can prevent all ArcGIS Pro licenses in the organization from being taken offline. To do this for your organization, an administrator or a member with licensing privileges must check the Disable offline usage of ArcGIS Pro check box at the top of the ArcGIS Pro tab. ArcGIS Pro users who are already working offline when this box is checked will be allowed to check back in, but any future attempts to take an ArcGIS Pro license offline will generate an error.
Connect to the licensing portal in ArcGIS Pro
Connect ArcGIS Pro to your licensing portal. The licensing portal controls software authorizations for each member account in the portal. If your organization has multiple portals, ensure the portal is the one you configured to manage licenses.
- Start ArcGIS Pro. If ArcGIS Pro is already open, sign out, close the program, and restart. You can only connect to the licensing portal when you start ArcGIS Pro.
- On the ArcGIS Sign In dialog box, click Configure your licensing portal.
- Select Sign in to Portal for ArcGIS and enter the URL of the licensing portal. The URL is formatted as https://webadaptorhost.domain.com/webadaptorname. ArcGIS Pro must have access to the licensing portal and the ArcGIS License Manager machine where the licenses have been authorized.
- Click OK.
- Enter your credentials and click Sign In.
ArcGIS Pro is now connected to the licensing portal. ArcGIS Pro continues to connect to the licensing portal during each startup. You can change the licensing portal by following the steps above.
If you're working in ArcGIS Pro but see a Not signed in indication in the corner of the application, you may need to sign in to the portal containing your content to be able to browse and share files. You can view the available portals by clicking the Project tab and selecting Portals. To connect to a different portal, right-click the portal's URL and select Set As Active Portal. You can also add another portal by clicking Add Portal.
Configure a backup ArcGIS License Server Administrator
Optionally, you can configure a backup ArcGIS License Server Administrator for your licensing portal. For example, if the primary ArcGIS License Server Administrator goes offline, the portal will failover to the backup license server you specify. This allows you to minimize downtime in your organization.
- Complete steps 1 through 7 as described in the Configure ArcGIS Pro licenses for your organization section above. Make sure you specify the same ArcGIS Pro provisioning information.
- Open a web browser and sign in to the ArcGIS Portal Directory as a member of the default administrator role in your organization. The URL is formatted as https://portal.domain.com:7443/arcgis/portaladmin.
- Click Home > License > Update License Manager.
- In the License Manager Info field, specify the host name of the backup ArcGIS License Server Administrator (for example, backuplm.domain.com):
{ "hostname": "primarylm.domain.com,backuplm.domain.com", "port": 27000 } - Click Update.
Portal for ArcGIS is restarted automatically. When the restart completes, the portal is configured with the backup license server you specified.
Legacy:
In earlier versions of Portal for ArcGIS, you were required to restart the portal manually to apply changes to the ArcGIS License Server Administrator configuration. Beginning at version 10.3.1, restarting the portal manually is no longer required.