Is EDN license necessary for authorizing Portal for ArcGIS

Question

My company has Portal for ArcGIS for two environments: DEV and TEST. The Portal has software authorization issue and needs to reactive for both two environments. The ESRI help tutorial says the first step is to create a provisiong file or get an authorization number:

"Visit My Esri to obtain your authorization number (similar in format to ECP123456789) for use in the software or to create a provisioning file, which can be used to complete the authorization process."

My question is that how can I obtain my authorization number or create a provisioning file? Does it require an EDN license? Can I use my own esri account to obtain the authorization number or provisioning file for both DEV and TEST?

I am a GIS developer. My company bought an EDN license for me, so what can I do by using EDN? Could anyone provide me related documents?

Any help would be appreciated!!! Many thanks!!!

Shuhong

DerekLaw · Answer

Hi Shuhong,

From the screenshot your provided, it looks like you have 4 named user accounts licensed for your Portal for ArcGIS 10.5 PreRelease. 2x for membership level 1, and 2x for membership level 2.

Organization roles and membership levels—Portal for ArcGIS (10.5) | ArcGIS for Server

Please contact Esri Customer Service (1 (888) 377-4575) for more details, they will be able to address your software licensing questions.

Hope this helps,

ShuhongYan · Answer

Hi Derek,

Thank you so much, it did help! Sorry I am new to EDN. I found out the list of subscription my EDN license can cover.

Because my EDN license is an annual subscription, Is the authorization number for Arcgis Desktop I got from my EDN also annual or forever?

I saw there are five subscriptions related to Portal for ArcGIS. How can I use these licenses? where can I find the documents to introduce these licenses?

Thanks,

Shuhong

DerekLaw · Answer

Hi Shuhong,

Portal for ArcGIS is part of EDN. For details on what is included with an EDN subscription,

Esri Developer Network | What You Get

Please contact Esri Customer Service to get the appropriate license file(s),

How To: Activate and authorize ArcGIS 10.x EDN subscription licenses

> My question is that how can I obtain my authorization number or create a provisioning file? Does it require an EDN license?

Yes, it requires an EDN subscription.

> Can I use my own esri account to obtain the authorization number or provisioning file for both DEV and TEST?

No, you need to contact Esri Customer Service.

Hope this helps,