Is Desktop ArcGIS Pro Headed to the Cloud

Question

I have been running Desktop ArcGIS Pro at my employer for three years.  A peer told me all ArcGIS Pro products are moving to esri cloud, no exceptions, in March 2026.  Is this true?  Is the Desktop product being discontinued?  This applies to all extensions of ArcGIS Pro?

George_Thompson · Answer

Here is some additional information related to your question:

https://architecture.arcgis.com/en/framework/architecture-practices/deployment-concepts/vdi-and-arcgis-pro.html

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/citrix-on-premises-vdi.htm

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/announcements/arcgis-pro-virtualization-faqs

Hope this helps, thanks!

ModyBuchbinder · Answer

What is changing is that the Pro license will not be "local" (float or single) any more.

You can have the Pro license in esri cloud or on local Enterprise only.

BarryNorthey · Answer

Any thoughts on a Citrix deployment of ArcGIS Pro. We used it for light users back in the ArcView GIS and ArcMap days and it did OK for our purposes. I had access to user accounts making it simpler for me to help them, load data and run programs such as the DocDefragmenter while no one was on. The main problem was not the Citrix software per se but our overall infrastructure and trying to get IT to understand that we were not running MS Word. Is Citrix a viable option for AGP?