{"id":529722,"date":"2024-06-20T22:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uat.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=529722"},"modified":"2024-06-20T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:18:36","slug":"how-to-blog-series-key-questions-to-ask-to-obtain-arcgis-licenses","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/how-to-blog-series-key-questions-to-ask-to-obtain-arcgis-licenses","title":{"rendered":"How-To Blog Series: Key Questions to Ask to Obtain ArcGIS Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"undefined block-editor-paragraph\">Some emergency management organizations may not own or manage the ArcGIS license agreement. Each license agreement is tailored to the jurisdiction or organization\u2019s needs, and the number of licensees attached to the agreement vary. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"undefined block-editor-paragraph\">If another organization manages the licenses, below are some suggested questions to ask the organization:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>How many licenses are included in the current agreement and how many are already assigned to a user?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If all the licenses are assigned, what is the timeframe for when the owning organization will renew the license agreement?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Follow-up question to ask: What is the timeline for when the owning organization needs to have your license request to include in the next contract agreement?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Is the license agreement funded by the jurisdiction or organization\u2019s internal operating budget, or by other means such as federal grants?<\/strong><ul><li>If your organization is a state, local, Tribal or territorial entity, ask if there are financial processes that allow for the payment of your license through grant-funded dollars.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Things to consider: The use of the organization\u2019s other operating funds towards the greater license agreement may also count towards the federal grant match requirement, should you have one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Does the license include ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, or ArcGIS Desktop?<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you need to change the license type to reflect a specific product need for emergency management, what is the timeline for when that needs to be determined?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"undefined block-editor-paragraph\">Any questions? Connect with your Esri Account Manager or email <a href=\"mailto:emergencymanagement@esri.com\">emergencymanagement@esri.com<\/a> to get a response from our Emergency Management team at Esri. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"undefined block-editor-paragraph\"><em><strong>Need assistance during an active event? Please submit a request at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/disaster-response\/request-assistance\">Disaster Request Assistance<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2032],"tags":[451,1742],"class_list":["post-529722","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-management","tag-arcgis","tag-emergency-management","industry-emergency-management"],"acf":[],"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>How-To Blog Series: Key Questions to Ask to Obtain ArcGIS Licenses<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We continue the emergency management &quot;How-To Blog&quot; series to discuss key questions to ask to obtain ArcGIS licenses.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/industries\/blog\/articles\/how-to-blog-series-key-questions-to-ask-to-obtain-arcgis-licenses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How-To Blog Series: Key Questions to Ask to Obtain ArcGIS Licenses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We continue the emergency management &quot;How-To Blog&quot; 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