topic Re: License Status in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/license-status/m-p/441742#M19462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In my experience, the most common reason for an ArcGIS license to be obsolete is that the license had an expiry date and that date has passed.&nbsp; If an expiry license has expired, it is obsoleted in Esri's license system, which prevents any further activations using the code.</P><P></P><P>A non-expiry license can also be marked obsolete for other reasons.&nbsp; For example, say a company has some non-expiry license codes for an older version of a product that is no longer deployed, and they want to make sure no one tries to deploy the older version.&nbsp; The company could obsolete the code to prevent any further activations.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:05:51 GMT JoshuaBixby 2020-08-10T15:05:51Z License Status https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/license-status/m-p/441741#M19461 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello I want to know what obsolete and new&nbsp; status means in the licensing file</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:42:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/license-status/m-p/441741#M19461 LetlhogonoloLetsapa 2020-08-10T13:42:26Z Re: License Status https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/license-status/m-p/441742#M19462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In my experience, the most common reason for an ArcGIS license to be obsolete is that the license had an expiry date and that date has passed.&nbsp; If an expiry license has expired, it is obsoleted in Esri's license system, which prevents any further activations using the code.</P><P></P><P>A non-expiry license can also be marked obsolete for other reasons.&nbsp; For example, say a company has some non-expiry license codes for an older version of a product that is no longer deployed, and they want to make sure no one tries to deploy the older version.&nbsp; The company could obsolete the code to prevent any further activations.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:05:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/license-status/m-p/441742#M19462 JoshuaBixby 2020-08-10T15:05:51Z