Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find.
This blog provides a comprehensive list of all the May 2026 technical highlights and resources from Esri. It is a buffet-style list, so feel free to pick and choose the topics that interest you.
What's New
ArcGIS API for Python
- What's new in ArcGIS API for Python 2.4.3 here
ArcGIS for Microsoft 365
- What's New in ArcGIS for Microsoft 365 (April 2026) here
ArcGIS Online
- What's New With Esri's World Traffic Service here
Developers
- What's new in ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps 300.0 here
- What's New with the ArcGIS Geocoding Service? Explore March 2026 Updates here
Patches & Environments
ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Server Parcel Fabric Build Extent Patch 2 here
- ArcGIS Server 11.1 Branch Versioning SAP HANA General Patch here
- Portal for ArcGIS Security 2026 Update 1 Patch here
- ArcGIS Server Data Management 2026 Update 1 Patch here
- ArcGIS Server Security 2026 Update 1 Patch here
News
Esri Blog
- VIDEO: How SFO Manages 18 Million Square Feet with One Map here
- Mapping Greenland’s Fjords and Glaciers: Three Ice Tongues and the Secrets of the Seafloor here
- The Data Stack Bringing England’s Nature Back here
- VIDEO: 119 Cities. Six counties. One Platform to Solve Regional Problems. here
- Mapping Ocean Plastic Solutions, from Local Watersheds to Global Waters here
- The Arbor Day Foundation Reveals Where Trees Meet Water here
- Forty Villages, No Roads, Two Storms: Alaska’s Race to Respond here
- Florida Maps the Seafloor by Air and Sea With Help from Crewless Boats here
WhereNext
- The World’s Largest Furniture Maker on the Science of Retail Planning here
- ICYMI: Efficiency Through Location Data—Three Real-World Vignettes here
- Self-Healing: Coming to a Building Near You here
- Giving Data a Voice at Swarovski here
New Training Courses
Training Seminar
- Python Tips and Tricks for ArcGIS Administration here
Web Course
- Building Geoprocessing Models Using ArcGIS Online here
Events
Esri Events
- 2026 Esri Safety and Security Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/11/26 here
- 2026 Esri Education Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/11/26 here
- 2026 Esri User Conference - San Diego, CA - 7/13/26 here
- 2026 Esri European Energy Resources GIS Conference - London, UK - 11/2/26 here
- 2026 Esri Energy Resources GIS Conference - Houston, TX - 5/18/26 here
- 2026 Esri GIS Leadership Summit - San Diego, CA - 7/12/16 here
- 2026 Defense and Intelligence Symposium @ Esri UC - San Diego, CA - 7/14/26 here
- 2026 Esri European Partner Conference - Frankfurt, Germany - 10/19/26 here
- 2026 Esri European Developer and Technology Summit - Frankfurt, Germany - 10/20/26 here
- 2027 Esri European National Security Summit - Riga, Latvia - 12/2/26 here
- Upcoming Webinars
- Using ArcGIS to Tackle Your Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Challenges - 5/4 9-10 AM PT here
- Esri YPN Webinar - Mentorship Matters: Growing Your GIS Career Through Connection - 5/13 10-11 AM PT here
- An Executive Briefing on the Future of Planning - 5/18 1-2:30 PM PT here
- Disaster Season Preparedness: Synchronizing GIS Resources and Response - 5/20 2-3 PM PT here
- Federal Technical Webinar Series: Strategies for Mobile and Desktop App Development - 5/26 10-11 AM PT here
- Reimagining Elections Through Location - 5/27 here
Recorded Webinars
Esri Video
- Getting Started with ArcGIS Urban: 3D Planning Simplified here
- Tech Integrations for Real-Time Decisions here
ArcGIS Blog
Apps
- Retirement of custom widgets in ArcGIS Experience Builder built with Maps SDK for JavaScript here
ArcGIS
- Reality Mapping Isn't a Digital Twin: ”It's the Visual Foundation That Makes One Trustworthy and Keeps It Up-to-date here
- Now Live: AI-Enhanced Support Case Form here
- Making Sense of Workload Separation in ArcGIS here
- Miniature Mapping here
- Building a Geospatial Strategy for Water: Aligning People, Processes, and Technology for Success here
ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Enterprise Living Atlas content release 2026.1: Discover new Living Atlas content for your organization here
- Introducing a new series of blog articles on ArcGIS Enterprise here
ArcGIS Field Maps
- Create a map for data collection in Field Maps here
- Configure a map for data collection in Field Maps here
ArcGIS for Excel
- Calculating Distances and Finding Routes with ArcGIS for Excel here
ArcGIS for Microsoft 365
- Create a flow with ArcGIS Connectors for Microsoft Power Automate here
ArcGIS Living Atlas
- Use Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in your policy mapping work here
- Explore 40 Years of Analysis-Ready Annual NLCD Land Cover here
- Explore Cloud Cover Across the U.S. here
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript
- What is ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript? A Practical Guide for Builders and Decision Makers here
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity
- Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 2.3 for Unity here
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unreal Engine
- Announcing ArcGIS Maps SDK 2.3 for Unreal Engine here
ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Image Dedicated April 2026 Release Blog here
- ArcGIS Instant Apps: Introducing Gallery here
- Customize your organization's sign-in experience here
- Visualizing Fatal Crash Patterns with Calendar Heat Charts in Map Viewer here
- First Quarter 2026 Basemap Release Includes Over 200 New and Updated Communities here
- Admin Insights Template for ArcGIS Organization Management here
- Choosing the Perfect Imagery Layer here
ArcGIS Pro
- Prepare your data for the National Spatial Reference System modernization of 2022 in the U.S. here
- Interpolate borehole data to create aquifer top and base surfaces here
- From BIM to Dashboard: Building a 3D Construction Progress Dashboard with ArcGIS here
- Understand, analyze and edit diagram template settings here
- Primary Design Principles for Cartography here
- Modernizing ArcGIS Pro with VDI: Why Hyper-V Is Back in the Conversation here
- Fast, accurate water body extraction for Reality Mapping using SAM3 here
- Use the new sample tool to repair attachments here
ArcGIS Solutions
- Land Development Outreach Solution Released here
- Configuring location sharing for the Gas Leak Survey solution here
- Take control of invasive vegetation with the Invasive Vegetation Management solution here
- Protect what matters with the new Protected Area Management solution here
ArcGIS StoryMaps
- How to create an accessible story structure in ArcGIS StoryMaps here
- Legends for storytelling part 1: Optimizing the basics here
- Start your first ArcGIS StoryMaps collection here
- Get inspired by the 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition winners here
- Horizontal storytelling: artboards and media layers and masks, oh, my! here
- Casting communities as the protagonist of your geospatial story here
ArcGIS Trust Center
- April 2026 ArcGIS Security Bulletin here
- Secure Best Practices: ArcGIS Developer Credentials here
Developers
- Local or Global Scene? Which Should You Use for Your 3D Native App? here
- More Than One Way to Search here
ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- Taking density analysis to the next level here
- ArcGIS Maps for Microsoft Fabric
- Join the ArcGIS Maps for Fabric Early Adopter Community here
ArcGIS GeoEvent Server
- Announcement: Deprecation of ArcGIS GeoEvent Server here
Esri Community
ETL Patterns & Data Interoperability
- A Study of Data Velocity in Cloud Native Vector Data Distribution here
