ESRI Installation and Use Information

Use Information

ESRI software is available for departmental and educational use only through a site license from the MSU Tech Store. This is an annual license that expires February 28, 2023. All licenses must be renewed at this time.

An online version of ArcGIS (ArcOnline) can be found at no cost by visiting https://msugis.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html . If students would like to download a desktop copy of ArcGIS Pro at no cost, they need to log in with their NetID and navigate the following steps:

  1. Click their NetID in the upper right corner
  2. Click my settings
  3. Click Licenses
  4. Scroll to the bottom to download the desktop version of ArcGIS Pro

The following ESRI products (licensing version from 10.1 to 10.8.2) are available to departments under our site license agreement:

  • ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced (formerly ArcInfo) (available extensions listed below)
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Basic (formerly ArcView)
  • ArcGIS for Desktop Standard (formerly ArcEditor)
  • ArcGIS Data and Maps
  • ArcGIS Image Server
  • ArcGIS for Server Advanced Enterprise
  • ArcGIS Tracking Server
  • ArcIMS
  • ArcPad
Extensions available with the ArcGIS Desktop license:
  • 3D Analyst
  • ArcGIS Data Reviewer for Single and Concurrent Use
  • ArcGIS for Maritime: Bathymetry and Charting
  • ArcGIS Network Analyst
  • ArcGIS Schematics
  • ArcGIS Server Geoportal
  • ArcGIS Server Image Extension
  • ArcLogistics
  • ArcScan for ArcGIS
  • Business Analyst Premium
  • Census 2010
  • COGO (for concurrent use only)
  • Community Analyst
  • Data Interoperability
  • Data Interoperability Server
  • Esri Aeronautical Solution
  • Esri Consumer Spending
  • Esri Defense Mapping
  • Esri Production Mapping
  • Esri Tapestry Segmentation
  • Esri Updated Demographics
  • Geostatistical Analyst
  • Network Analyst
  • Network Server
  • PLTS Mapping Agency Solution
  • PLTS MPS and Atlas
  • Production Mapping
  • Publisher
  • Schematics
  • Schematics for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Server
  • Spatial Analyst
  • Spatial Server
  • Tracking Analyst
  • VBA
  • Workflow Manager
  • Workflow Manager for ArcGIS Server

You have the choice of installing the licenses on stand alone machines or running the licenses concurrently through a server.
For additional assistance with the installation of version 10, please see the following documents from ESRI:

ESRI licenses are not returnable.

Installation Information

Purchase a license for ESRI (annual renewal). Your receipt is your proof of license.
Activation code and media is provided by the MSU Tech Store via email upon receipt of order.

Media

Media for is provided as a download.
Versions 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 are compatible with Windows 7, and Windows 8 and Windows 10.

Help

Pre-sale help is available from the MSU Tech Store's sales team. To speak to a member of our team, please call (517) 432-0700 or visit our product display and demo facility located in room 110 of the Computer Center. For general computing questions, please contact the MSU IT Services Desk at (517) 432-6200 or visit http://help.msu.edu.