How do I upgrade annotation for use in Pro?

[JoshWhite]

I looked up in the help how to upgrade my annotation to be editable in Pro.  I saw I should run the Upgrade Dataset tool (which by the way is not named correctly as I am attempting to upgrade a annotation feature class not a dataset).  So far this is good until I run the tool and get a warning that says the dataset cannot be versioned.  Ok, so I unregistered the dataset that the annotation feature class resides in and ran the tool again.  I get the same error.  The error is here: 000100: The dataset cannot be versioned.—Help | ArcGIS Desktop   and is not very helpful.  I understand why it would need to be unversioned but I don't know how to get rid of this error since I've already unregistered it as versioned.  I'm using 2.2.1.

[Robert_LeClair]

The direct connect is fine and is best practice.  What you need to do is view the repository tables (sde and gdb tables) using Oracles or Microsoft Management tools.  What RDBMS are you using?

[JoshWhite]

SQL

[yazanmohamed]

i have annotation dataset work in arc map but when need to work in arc pro need upgrade when make upgrade for annotation dataset in arc pro it cannt work with arcmap how can fix this problem i work on data base in both arc map and pro how can make int work in arc map and arc pro

[George_Thompson]

Once you upgrade annotation to ArcGIS Pro, it cannot be edited in ArcMap (it is available for read-only): https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/upgrade-dataset.htm

More information on the upgrade and potential implications: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/annotation/managing-annotation-feature-classes.ht...

Based on ArcMap's retirement in early 2026, I would recommend moving to Pro soon.