https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-in-the-cloud-questions/enterprise-11-5-dev-amp-prod-licensing/m-p/1657932#M920 <P>Hi,&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>We’re deploying ArcGIS Enterprise on AWS with mirrored split-tier Dev/Staging and Prod (High availability-ready).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. Non-prod entitlements:&nbsp;Do our licenses include separate&nbsp;non-production (DEV/STAGING) licenses for Portal&nbsp;and ArcGIS Server&nbsp;(and our extensions)?</SPAN></P><DIV><P>2. License files:&nbsp;Will Esri issue distinct license files&nbsp;for DEV/STAGING (Portal JSON + Server ECP)?&nbsp;</P></DIV><DIV><P>3. Core entitlement (we have 16 cores):&nbsp;Is this per machine&nbsp;or pooled? We plan smaller cores in DEV.</P></DIV><DIV><P>4. Can we reuse PROD licenses in DEV?</P></DIV> Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:12:07 GMT AAbe 2025-10-15T07:12:07Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-in-the-cloud-questions/enterprise-11-5-dev-amp-prod-licensing/m-p/1657932#M920 <P>Hi,&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>We’re deploying ArcGIS Enterprise on AWS with mirrored split-tier Dev/Staging and Prod (High availability-ready).</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. Non-prod entitlements:&nbsp;Do our licenses include separate&nbsp;non-production (DEV/STAGING) licenses for Portal&nbsp;and ArcGIS Server&nbsp;(and our extensions)?</SPAN></P><DIV><P>2. License files:&nbsp;Will Esri issue distinct license files&nbsp;for DEV/STAGING (Portal JSON + Server ECP)?&nbsp;</P></DIV><DIV><P>3. Core entitlement (we have 16 cores):&nbsp;Is this per machine&nbsp;or pooled? We plan smaller cores in DEV.</P></DIV><DIV><P>4. Can we reuse PROD licenses in DEV?</P></DIV> Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:12:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-in-the-cloud-questions/enterprise-11-5-dev-amp-prod-licensing/m-p/1657932#M920 AAbe 2025-10-15T07:12:07Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-in-the-cloud-questions/enterprise-11-5-dev-amp-prod-licensing/m-p/1657962#M921 <P>This is something that is best discussed with your Esri account manager to understand any potential licensing nuances.</P> Wed, 15 Oct 2025 10:34:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-in-the-cloud-questions/enterprise-11-5-dev-amp-prod-licensing/m-p/1657962#M921 George_Thompson 2025-10-15T10:34:52Z