Esri ArcGIS software is licensed with an Education Institution Agreement between the Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. This agreement allows Esri products to be installed on any university-owned computer for academic (teaching and scholarly research) and administrative use (facilities management, campus safety, etc). Additionally, the agreement allows installation for academic use on personal devices for current students, faculty, and staff at no additional cost.
Legal Requirements:
Only active faculty, staff, and students at Mississippi State University are permitted to obtain this software. Faculty, staff, and students are required to remove the software when no longer affiliated with the University.
Important: AdminByRequest
To install this program, you will need Administrator access on your computer. On a University, ITS-supported computer, if you do not have administrator rights via AdminByRequest, you will have to ask your ITS Desktop Services Specialist to install ArcGIS 3.1 for you. However, if you have administrator rights already via AdminByRequest, you can follow these instructions, and then install ArcGIS 3.1. If you want to apply for local administrator rights via AdminByRequest you can Submit a Request.
NOTE: The licensing server will be: 27000@esri.license.msstate.edu - Also, while you are installing the software, DO NOT log into ArcGIS, as this breaks the installation and licensing.
Do not run updates directly from ArcGIS, as that could potentially cause the software to lose its license and in turn break it!
Installation
- At the ITS site for the ArcGIS Pro 3.1 software, you will click on the option that best fits you.
- Faculty and Staff academic or administrative use (university-owned device)
- Faculty and Staff home use (personal device)
- Student use (personal device)
- Once the zip file is downloaded, extract all files to a new folder. Open that folder with the extracted files. Double-click on ArcGISPro.exe to start the installation process. The destination folder can be left as the default. Click Next.
- ArcGIS Pro 3.1 will begin installing. No action is required.
- Check the box for Launch the setup program. Click Close.
- Click Next.
- Accept the Master agreement and click Next.
- Make your choice and then click Next.
- Leave the destination folder as the default. Click Next.
- To participate in the Esri User Experience Improvement program make sure that the check box is selected. Click Install.
No action is required.
- Check the box for Run ArcGIS Pro now. Click Finish.
Licensing
Note: This software requires you to be on campus with a network connection or VPN connected off campus.
The licensing server will be: 27000@esri.license.msstate.edu - Also, while you are installing the software, do not log into ArcGIS, as this breaks the installation and licensing. Do not run updates directly from ArcGIS, as that could potentially cause the software to lose its license.
The first time ArcGIS Pro runs, a box for ArcGIS Sign in displays. Deselect Sign in automatically. Click Configure Licensing; this will take you to the Licensing section.
If the ArcGIS Sign In box does not display, skip to Licensing Step 1.
- Open ArcGIS Pro. Click on Settings in the lower left hand corner. Please do not sign into ArcGIS website.
- Remove the check for Check for updates on startup.
- Click Licensing on the left hand side. Click Configure your licensing options.
- In the Licensing window, under License Type, choose Concurrent Use License. The License Manager is 27000@esri.license.msstate.edu. Click OK.
- License Type: Concurrent User License
License Level = Advanced.
License Manager = 27000@esri.license.msstate.edu Click the Enter/Return button after typing in the address.
Do NOT click Add Backup!
Click OK.
- Click OK.
