https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1576029#M91999 <P>So ArcGIS Pro licensing is used to start and use the application.&nbsp; There are 3 tiers, Basic, Standard and Advanced and within those tiers - single use, concurrent use and named user licensing models.&nbsp; Each tier, Basic, Standard, Advanced, provides more and more functionality with regards to geodatabase behaviors and geoprocessing tools to name a few.&nbsp; If you change your ArcGIS Pro licensing from an organzation (i.e. group I presume) to a standalone student license (i.e. single use license), the existing data is not affected, deleted, or moved.&nbsp; If it's a file geodatabase, it remains on disk where it's stored - say a C: drive.&nbsp; You can definitely copy/paste it to another PC.&nbsp; Same logic for shapefiles.&nbsp; Data does not automatically transfer to a new location based upon licensing changes.&nbsp; You have to do the data management.</P> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:23:48 GMT Robert_LeClair 2025-01-15T22:23:48Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575552#M91946 <P>If we change our membership from group to student, will we lose all of our data? Or will it transfer with our membership change?</P> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:20:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575552#M91946 SarahGreaud 2025-01-14T19:20:52Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575589#M91951 <P>When you say membership - group to student - are you referring to ArcGIS Pro licensing?&nbsp; Or shared items in ArcGIS Online?</P> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:33:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575589#M91951 Robert_LeClair 2025-01-14T20:33:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575792#M91982 <P>pro licensing</P> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:41:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1575792#M91982 SarahGreaud 2025-01-15T14:41:52Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1576029#M91999 <P>So ArcGIS Pro licensing is used to start and use the application.&nbsp; There are 3 tiers, Basic, Standard and Advanced and within those tiers - single use, concurrent use and named user licensing models.&nbsp; Each tier, Basic, Standard, Advanced, provides more and more functionality with regards to geodatabase behaviors and geoprocessing tools to name a few.&nbsp; If you change your ArcGIS Pro licensing from an organzation (i.e. group I presume) to a standalone student license (i.e. single use license), the existing data is not affected, deleted, or moved.&nbsp; If it's a file geodatabase, it remains on disk where it's stored - say a C: drive.&nbsp; You can definitely copy/paste it to another PC.&nbsp; Same logic for shapefiles.&nbsp; Data does not automatically transfer to a new location based upon licensing changes.&nbsp; You have to do the data management.</P> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:23:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/membership-change/m-p/1576029#M91999 Robert_LeClair 2025-01-15T22:23:48Z