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Esri ArcGIS Pro

The installers for several versions of ArcGIS Pro can be download from 'communityhub.purdue.edu'. The links below will take you to the installers for the respective version.

Some help links to Esri ArcGIS Desktop installer guides:

Licensing Instructions

There are two ways to license ArcGIS Pro:

  • Named user license (preferred for individual computers; required for students using ArcGIS Pro on non-Purdue owned computers)
  • Single user licenses (for Purdue owned computers not connected to the network)
  • note ArcGIS Concurrent licensing has been sunset by ESRI and no longer offered, effective July 1, 2025

Named user license (preferred for individual computers; required for students using ArcGIS Pro on non-Purdue owned computers)

For this method, you must first have an account on Purdue's ArcGIS Online Organization. (Think of this as a named license server.)

Procedure to create your ArcGIS Online account if you do not already have one is:

  • Go to: https://purdueuniversity.maps.arcgis.com.
  • Sign in using your Purdue Career account; use the 'USING YOUR PURDUE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT' button on the login page.
  • Your online account will be set up automatically the first time you log in; there will be no forms to complete. Your ArcGIS Online account name will be based on your Purdue career account name; it will be something like ... xxxx@purdue.edu_purdueuniversity.

After creating your ArcGIS Online account, you should automatically have access to ArcGIS Pro. (If access is refused, send an email to itap@purdue.edu requesting that your account be configured to use ArcGIS Pro.)

Download the ArcGIS Pro Installer and install the software.

The instructions for signing in after opening ArcGIS Pro are:

  • Be sure to select the 'Enterprise Account' button near the bottom of the ArcGIS Pro Log In page to enter your Purdue Career account.
  • On the next page, enter 'purdueuniversity' in the space provide so that the complete url is: purdueuniversity.maps.arcgis.com and then select continue.
  • Then select the 'Using Your Purdue University Account' button.
  • Sign in using your Purdue Career account; use the 'USING YOUR PURDUE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNT' button on the login page.
    • Your login will also create your ArcGIS Online and your account name will be based on your Purdue career account name; it will be something like ... xxxx@purdue.edu_purdueuniversity.

Concurrent use license 

If you have ArcGIS Pro installed using a Concurrent License, you will need to reconfigure the license to "Named-User".

  • Go to settings on the left-hand side, then select Licensing.
  • Click on configure license,
  • Select Named user from the license type drop-down menu.
  • Hit okay/ Save.
  • The license should be updated. 

Single use license (for Purdue owned computers not connected to the network)

  • Single use license can only be used on Purdue owned computers.
  • The procedure is to obtain a provisioning file for a single use license is:
    • Send an email to: itap@purdue.edu requesting a single use ArcGIS Pro license for a Purdue Computer. By default, an Advanced type will be generated. You can specify Basic or Standard types if you wish. All extensions will be included.
    • An email will be sent from Esri to the Purdue email address used to send the original request that will contain a “provisioning” file that will contain the authorization numbers and instructions on how to enter these authorizations numbers.

Note that single use licenses will need to be updated each year around the renewal date of Purdue’s contract with Esri (July 30).