Therefore, to move to ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 the options are: The license numbers (ESU123456789) provided with ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 are essentially upgrades of the previous licenses that were issued at ArcGIS Desktop 10.0. Check theĬustomer Care Portal to ensure that available authorizations are not being exceeded. � It is not possible to authorize licenses beyond the limits of the account. Thus, customers that currently have five licenses at 10.0 which were upgraded to 10.1 licenses, have five upgrades available, but zero licenses available for new deployments. � Authorization limits remain in effect for 10.1 as they existed at 10.0. Double-click the resulting license file and follow the prompts in the Software Authorization Wizard to complete the authorization. This generates an upgrade/authorization file.Į. Chose the offline authorization/upgrade option.Ĭ. If an internet connection is not available:Ī. Follow the prompts to complete the upgrade.ĥ. Chose the online authorization/upgrade option.Ĭ. If an internet connection is available:Ī.

If the above step has been already skipped and the system's installed licenses need to upgraded your 10.1, follow this workflow:Ĥ. If this process fails, contactĮsri Customer Service to verify that the account is current on maintenance. Note that a license can only be upgraded if it is current on maintenance.