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Previously, you needed to create a group of Community Analyst\u00a0users in ArcGIS Online, share Community Analyst\u00a0with the group, and add or remove users from the group to control their access. With the changes we made, you don\u2019t need to add or remove users via groups anymore. As an administrator, now you can control which users have access to Community Analyst\u00a0more easily. To do this:<\/p>\n<p>1. Log in to ArcGIS Online and go to the My Organization tab<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">2. Click Manage Licenses<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Manage-Licenses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Manage-Licenses-1024x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">3. Click the Additional Products tab. Here you can see the premium apps your organization has been provisioned for and, for each of those premium apps, the total number of licenses and number of licenses available for you to assign to members. If you are a Community Analyst\u00a0customer, you should see Esri\u00a0Community Analyst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">4. In the list of organization members, find the member whose license you want to manage. In the row of that member, click the hyperlink in the\u00a0<\/span><em>Licensed for<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0column. (If the member hasn&#8217;t been assigned any licenses yet, the hyperlink displays\u00a0<\/span><em>Configure licenses<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">. Otherwise, the hyperlink displays the\u00a0<\/span><em>number of products<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Manage_Licenses_2_CA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Manage_Licenses_2_CA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">5. Depending on what you need to do with the license assignment:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check\/Uncheck the Esri\u00a0Community Analyst\u00a0box and click Update to update existing license assignments.<\/li>\n<li>Check the Esri Community Analyst box and click Assign to assign a license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more detailed help, please read the help documentation on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arcg.is\/2aAIzQ8\">Manage Licenses workflow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need Help or Have Questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call Esri Support Services at 1-888-377-4575, Option 2. 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