{"id":634032,"date":"2019-10-24T08:45:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=634032"},"modified":"2020-02-21T12:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:25:01","slug":"prerelease-for-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-now-available","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/announcements\/prerelease-for-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-now-available","title":{"rendered":"Prerelease for ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 Now Available"},"author":8022,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[491912,491892,491902,309052],"industry":[],"product":[36571],"class_list":["post-634032","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-10-8","tag-arcgis-enterprise-10-8","tag-arcgis-enterprise-prerelease","tag-prerelease","product-arcgis-enterprise"],"acf":{"short_description":"The ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 prerelease is now available on My Esri.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8 prerelease is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/my.esri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Esri<\/a> to all qualified customers and includes a sneak peek into what&#8217;s coming at 10.8. 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