topic Re: Only one instance of ArcGIS Pro allowed? in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/214670#M9468 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, there aren't really better options, we are stuck with workarounds until it is addressed.&nbsp; This concern was raised very early on by beta testers.&nbsp; It is a known issue they want to resolve and are working on resolving, it just isn't resolved yet.&nbsp; I can't say what the odds are of having it addressed by final release, but I am not holding my breath.</P><P></P><P>Not to nitpick on semantics, but they are important in this case.&nbsp; A user can run more than one instance of ArcGIS Pro, just not on the same machine at the same time.&nbsp; The current per-user licensing model allows a user to run ArcGIS Pro on up to three machines, unless offline licensing is enabled, and then the limit is one.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:22:05 GMT JoshuaBixby 2014-10-10T01:22:05Z Only one instance of ArcGIS Pro allowed? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/214669#M9467 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This sounds very limiting to me.&nbsp; I typically have several instances of ArcMap running simultaneously dragging layers back &amp; forth between them.&nbsp; Maybe once I get better versed in Pro there are other, better options for this, but right now this feels like it will be an issue.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:05:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/214669#M9467 AdamInglis 2014-10-09T23:05:36Z Re: Only one instance of ArcGIS Pro allowed? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/214670#M9468 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>No, there aren't really better options, we are stuck with workarounds until it is addressed.&nbsp; This concern was raised very early on by beta testers.&nbsp; It is a known issue they want to resolve and are working on resolving, it just isn't resolved yet.&nbsp; I can't say what the odds are of having it addressed by final release, but I am not holding my breath.</P><P></P><P>Not to nitpick on semantics, but they are important in this case.&nbsp; A user can run more than one instance of ArcGIS Pro, just not on the same machine at the same time.&nbsp; The current per-user licensing model allows a user to run ArcGIS Pro on up to three machines, unless offline licensing is enabled, and then the limit is one.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:22:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/214670#M9468 JoshuaBixby 2014-10-10T01:22:05Z Re: Only one instance of ArcGIS Pro allowed? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/1101386#M45945 <P>Closing the loop on this one - multiple instances have been supported since Pro 2.0 (June 2017)</P><P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.6/get-started/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro-2-0.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D464DD5D6C2A45E3946F4C80525445BA" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/2.6/get-started/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro-2-0.htm#ESRI_SECTION1_D464DD5D6C2A45E3946F4C80525445BA</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:16:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/only-one-instance-of-arcgis-pro-allowed/m-p/1101386#M45945 KoryKramer 2021-09-23T18:16:06Z