Using Pro 3.4 with Enterprise 11.3

[IngridHogle]

Our IT just upgraded our installs of ArcGIS Pro to 3.4, but we are using ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. I saw a matrix a while ago where Esri recommends staying at Pro 3.3 while using ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. Is this a big deal or should we not be concerned about the upgrade to Pro 3.4?

[JoshuaBixby · Accepted solution]

Version differences tend to have the biggest impacts on Web tool compatibility—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation and Geoprocessing services compatibility—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation. 

ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise compatibility

Although you can publish a service from ArcGIS Pro to earlier and later versions of ArcGIS Enterprise, using the equivalent version is recommended. If you do not have the equivalent version of ArcGIS Enterprise, publishing to a version that exceeds a minor version difference of more than two is not recommended.

So, ideally, Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise are running the same/equivalent version, but it is common for the desktop client to get a bit ahead of the server applications.  The further apart the versions, the more likely there will be issues.  For our organization with tens of thousands of GIS users, we let Pro go ahead by a minor version since upgrading ArcGIS Enterprise every 6-8 months is a tall order.

[AyanPalit]

@IngridHogle This is generally OK, with some caveats on use cases and specific solutions or extensions being used. Certain new enhancements are dependent on strictly adhering to the compatibility matrix for ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise.