https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pro-licenses-on-public-computers-gt-workstation/m-p/1305362#M70772 <P>Hello!</P><P>We have been switching over to Named User Licenses in ArcGIS Pro - it looks like if multiple users log into the same computer, the licenses work as expected - but the Workstation Alias changes for each user:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" style="width: 432px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74737iF5F21B768D1D2E73/image-dimensions/432x391?v=v2" width="432" height="391" role="button" title="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" alt="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" /></span></P><P>I thought the point of the Workstation Alias was to track the specific machine that the user and/or license that was being used. We renamed the alias in our lab because I was interested in trying to track which machine was being accessed - but once I had another user log into ArcGIS Pro on that machine, the Workstation Alias changed to a different name.</P><P>My hunch is that every time a new user logs in on a public computer machine, this probably changes or reverts back to default - but shouldn't this stay the same in order to track the machine?</P><P>Curious if this is what others see when using ArcGIS Pro Named Licenses in public labs.</P> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:42:03 GMT SaraJL 2023-07-03T15:42:03Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pro-licenses-on-public-computers-gt-workstation/m-p/1305362#M70772 <P>Hello!</P><P>We have been switching over to Named User Licenses in ArcGIS Pro - it looks like if multiple users log into the same computer, the licenses work as expected - but the Workstation Alias changes for each user:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" style="width: 432px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/74737iF5F21B768D1D2E73/image-dimensions/432x391?v=v2" width="432" height="391" role="button" title="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" alt="SaraJLD_0-1688398646490.png" /></span></P><P>I thought the point of the Workstation Alias was to track the specific machine that the user and/or license that was being used. We renamed the alias in our lab because I was interested in trying to track which machine was being accessed - but once I had another user log into ArcGIS Pro on that machine, the Workstation Alias changed to a different name.</P><P>My hunch is that every time a new user logs in on a public computer machine, this probably changes or reverts back to default - but shouldn't this stay the same in order to track the machine?</P><P>Curious if this is what others see when using ArcGIS Pro Named Licenses in public labs.</P> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:42:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pro-licenses-on-public-computers-gt-workstation/m-p/1305362#M70772 SaraJL 2023-07-03T15:42:03Z