https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623719#M42406 <P>If you use the python that comes with server it should use the server license</P><P>see here:&nbsp;<A href="https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/develop/windows/scripting-service-publishing-with-arcpy.htm" target="_blank">https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/develop/windows/scripting-service-publishing-with-arcpy.htm</A></P><P>Note that sometime when you install both Pro and server on the same machine there is a mix between the python installations and it uses the wrong license even if you use the server's python.</P><P>It better not to install Pro on the server machine.</P> Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:55:42 GMT ModyBuchbinder 2025-06-15T07:55:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623536#M42402 <P>Arc Pro Licensing Question, and forgive me if I am in the wrong channel for this...</P><P>Do I have to use one of our Creator or Professional Plus ArcPro licenses to be able to run a Python script we would like to schedule to run on a server after hours?</P><P><BR />It seems like overkill to use a full named user license just so we can run a database maintenance script, are there any other options?</P> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:35:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623536#M42402 Frank_SA 2025-06-13T18:35:36Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623719#M42406 <P>If you use the python that comes with server it should use the server license</P><P>see here:&nbsp;<A href="https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/develop/windows/scripting-service-publishing-with-arcpy.htm" target="_blank">https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/develop/windows/scripting-service-publishing-with-arcpy.htm</A></P><P>Note that sometime when you install both Pro and server on the same machine there is a mix between the python installations and it uses the wrong license even if you use the server's python.</P><P>It better not to install Pro on the server machine.</P> Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:55:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623719#M42406 ModyBuchbinder 2025-06-15T07:55:42Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623884#M42410 <P>Mody:</P><P>Do you run all your GIS processing scripts from a server where either Portal or ArcGIS Server is installed?</P> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:52:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1623884#M42410 MikeVolz 2025-06-16T14:52:57Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1624182#M42417 <P>Portal does not have Python env, only server does.</P><P>The best way to run Python in server is to use GP service but there should be something calling this service.</P><P>Stand alone python can be run using the server python env.</P> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 07:01:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/do-i-have-to-use-one-of-our-arcpro-licenses-to-be/m-p/1624182#M42417 ModyBuchbinder 2025-06-17T07:01:17Z