{"id":2469712,"date":"2024-08-27T10:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T17:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2469712"},"modified":"2024-08-28T08:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:06:04","slug":"reminder-arcgis-collector-on-windows-platform-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/reminder-arcgis-collector-on-windows-platform-to-retire","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: ArcGIS Collector on Windows platform to retire"},"author":21681,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23261],"tags":[761632,29721,703241,764442,28351],"industry":[],"product":[36641,679821],"class_list":["post-2469712","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-mobility","tag-arcgis-collector","tag-field","tag-field-maps","tag-retirement","tag-windows","product-collector","product-field-maps"],"acf":{"related_articles":"","authors":[{"ID":21681,"user_firstname":"Liz","user_lastname":"Armstrong","nickname":"Liz Armstrong","user_nicename":"larmstrong","display_name":"Liz Armstrong","user_email":"larmstrong@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2020-04-01 22:13:20","user_description":"Liz Armstrong is a Product Manager on the Field Apps team. 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To provide flexibility during this transition, the Collector app will remain in the Microsoft Store until October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in November 2023, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/collector\/field-mobility\/deprecation-notice-arcgis-collector-on-windows-platform-to-retire\/?preview_id=2171502&amp;preview_nonce=5c3ef1880d&amp;preview=true\">announced<\/a> that ArcGIS Collector on Windows would be retiring. Collector on Android and iOS has been retired since Dec 31<sup>st<\/sup> 2021. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-field-maps\/overview\">ArcGIS Field Maps<\/a><\/strong>, which was launched in the fall of 2020 on Android and iOS, is the next generation successor to Collector and offers our best capabilities for GIS-enriched mobile map viewing, data collection, and real-time location sharing, all within a single, user-friendly application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If possible, customers should migrate to ArcGIS Field Maps on Android or iOS. There are no plans to build a native app on Windows at this time. For help migrating to Field Maps, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/content\/dam\/esrisites\/en-us\/media\/pdf\/implementation-guides\/field-maps-migration-guide.pdf\">ArcGIS Field Maps Migration guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For customers that cannot deploy on Android or iOS, there are alternative ArcGIS applications which are available on the Windows\u2019s platform including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS QuickCapture, and ArcGIS Earth, as well as ArcGIS web applications including ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Instant Apps, and ArcGIS Web Editor.<\/p>\n<p>For additional Windows solutions, we have an extensive partner network and custom Windows solutions can be developed using the ArcGIS Maps SDK for .Net: <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/net\/\" aria-label=\"Link https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/net\/\">https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, contact your Esri Account Manager or <a href=\"https:\/\/support.esri.com\/en-us\/contact\">Esri\u00a0Support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As always, if you have ideas or feedback for the Field Maps team, please engage with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/t5\/arcgis-field-maps\/ct-p\/arcgis-field-maps\">Esri Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"}],"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/adobestock-459696910-1.jpg","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/adobestock-459696910-2.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reminder: ArcGIS Collector on Windows platform to retire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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