Installing ArcGIS for Desktop 1. Check the system requirements View the system requirements at: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/system- requirements/latest/arcgis-desktop-system-requirements.htm.

2. Obtain an authorization code You should have received an authorization code if you are taking a class that uses the . If you did not receive a code, please ask your professor or the EJB Information Technology Services group for an authorization code.

A. Visit http://www.esri.com/educationedition to begin the process of activating and downloading your ArcGIS for Desktop Student Trial software. B. Log in using your Existing account, or sign-up for a new Esri account, if necessary. C. Enter the authorization code and click Activate ArcGIS.

3. Installation Instructions After clicking on Activate ArcGIS, the installation instructions on the resulting page will help guide your installation. The most important items on this page You will need to have .Net installed for both ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro.

If necessary, install the Microsoft .NET Framework (version 3.5 Service Pack 1 or higher).

If you are unsure if you have the .NetFramework installed, you can download a .net Version detector from the following site – http://www.asoft.be/prod_netver.html.

You will also need .NET Framework 4.5 for ArcGIS Pro

Next, Download ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) and note the location where it will be downloaded.

You should also download ArcGIS Pro and the ArcGIS Tutorial Data for Desktop

Installing ArcGIS Desktop Double-click the downloaded ArcGIS_Desktop_10XXXXXXX.exe file (Depending on the version you selected, the file extensions may be different) to extract the installation files.

A. If it does not launch, locate and run Setup.exe to install ArcGIS for Desktop. The “Complete” installation is recommended.

4. Authorizing ArcGIS A. After the files are installed, the Authorization Wizard will open and prompt you to choose a product to authorize; select “Advanced (ArcInfo) Single Use” and click “Authorize Now”.

B. The Authorization Wizard will prompt you for an authorization code; enter your activated code. Follow the prompts and the software will authorize and be ready for use. Note: leave the default option for the software extensions selected; they will be authorized automatically.

Before authorizing the software, you will need to enter information about yourself. Please enter information in the fields marked as required *.

If for any reason the authorization process does not open automatically, please go to ArcGIS → ArcGIS Administrator in your start menu and click on desktop on the left

and then select Advanced (ArcInfo) Single Use on the right

And finally click on Authorize Now to initialize the process and you can then refer to the top of page 3 to guide you through the process.

After installing ArcGIS Desktop, you should install ArcGIS Pro and the tutorial data for Desktop. If you have problems installing this program, please send an email to [email protected] .