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ArcGIS Desktop 10.8.x system requirements

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System requirements for ArcGIS Desktop, including supported operating systems, OS limitations, hardware and
software requirements, and the license manager and developer SDK requirements are provided.

Supported platforms

Note:
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or later must be installed prior to installing ArcMap.

Tip:
ArcGIS Desktop requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2019 Redistributable (x86) minimum version 14.22.27821.
Obtain the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015–2019 file from the Microsoft site. If the
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2019 Redistributable (x86) is not already installed, running setup.exe will install it
before setup.msi is launched. Setup.msi will not install if Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2019 Redistributable (x86)
is not already installed.

Latest update or
Supported operating systems * service pack
tested

November 2021
Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise (64 bit [EM64T])
update

September 2021
Windows 10 Home, Pro and Enterprise (64 bit [EM64T])
update

September 2021
Windows 8.1 Basic, Pro, and Enterprise (32 bit and 64 bit [EM64T])
update

Windows Server 2022 Standard and Datacenter

September 2021
Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter
update

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Latest update or
Supported operating systems * service pack
tested

September 2021
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter
update

September 2021
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter
update

September 2021
Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter
update

Note:
Prior and future updates or service packs on these operating systems are supported unless otherwise stated.
The operating system version and updates must also be supported by the operating system provider.

Microsoft Windows 11 is supported on ArcGIS 10.8.1 and ArcGIS 10.8.2 only.

* See Operating system requirements and limitations for additional requirements and information.

ArcMap is supported in various on-premises and cloud environments

On-premises virtual desktop

Notes
infrastructure (VDI)

Citrix:

Citrix XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR

Use the latest Citrix and NVIDIA drivers. Refer to the Citrix and NVIDIA websites
Citrix Virtual Apps and Virtual for the most current driver versions.
Desktops 1912 LTSR

Microsoft:

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Microsoft VDI with Windows Device Driver Model (WDDM) 1.2.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 Use Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) to pass through the GPU.

VMware:

VMware vSphere/ESXi 6.5 Use VMware Horizon 7.0.3 and later only.

Use the latest VMware and NVIDIA drivers. Refer to the VMware and NVIDIA
VMware vSphere/ESXi 6.7 websites for the most current driver versions.

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On-premises application streaming and virtualizing

Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR Windows Server 2016

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR Windows Server 2016

Cloud environments Notes

ArcGIS works well in Amazon WorkSpaces and Azure instances that have the
Amazon WorkSpaces Graphics
following:
Bundle
Supported operating systems

Adequate number of processing cores for the workload

Azure N-Series VMs
Adequate amount of memory for the workload

Note:
For information on licensing ArcGIS Desktop in the cloud, read the following PDF white paper: Licensing
ArcGIS Desktop in Cloud Environments.

Hardware requirements

Supported and recommended

CPU speed 2.2 GHz minimum; Hyper-threading (HHT) or Multi-core recommended

Platform x86 or x64 with SSE2 extensions

Minimum: 4 GB

Memory/RAM Recommended: 8 GB or higher

ArcGlobe may require 8 GB minimum when used.

24-bit color depth

Display properties
Also see Video/Graphics adapter requirements below.*

Screen resolution 1024x768 recommended minimum at normal size (96 dpi)

Minimum: 4 GB

Recommended: 6 GB or
higher
Disk space
ArcGlobe creates cache files when used.
If using ArcGlobe, additional disk
space
may be required.

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Supported and recommended

64 MB RAM minimum; 256 MB RAM or higher recommended. NVIDIA, AMD,

and Intel chipsets supported.

24-bit capable graphics accelerator

Video/Graphics adapter
OpenGL version 2.0 runtime minimum is required, and Shader Model 3.0 or
higher is recommended.

Be sure to use the latest available drivers.

Software requirements

Description

ArcGIS requires Python 2.7.18 and

Numerical Python 1.16.6 to be installed. If
the ArcGIS setup
does not find either Python 2.7.18 or Numerical Python
Python requirement
(NumPy) 1.16.6
installed on the target computer, Python 2.7.18 and Numerical
Python 1.16.6 will be installed during a complete installation.

Microsoft .NET Framework Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 or higher must be installed prior to installing
requirement ArcMap.

Printer support

ArcMap supports printing to any Microsoft-certified Windows

printer using the native driver in ArcGIS. Note that some
printer drivers do not support complex maps, and the ArcPress
printer driver or additional hardware may be needed for
these
complex maps.

Note:
The following configuration is recommended when printing
large maps with the ArcPress printer drivers:

If large, complex maps do not print, reboot the computer to

ensure the pagefile system is cleared. If
the pagefile system is
not a dedicated drive or partition, make sure the drive does not
need to be
defragmented.
Disk space: At least 10 GB of free space is required on the
drive where %TEMP% is located, as
potentially large temporary files
will be written there while ArcPress is processing a map for
printing.

For more information on supported printers, refer to the

following Knowledge Base FAQ: What printers are supported
by ArcGIS Desktop?

Software required to connect to a DBMS

Your client machine (for example, the one running ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, or ArcGIS Server) must have the appropriate
database client files installed for the RDBMS you are using. These client files are available from their respective RDBMS
vendors. See Database clients for more information.

SDK requirements

SDK Supported and recommended IDEs Requirements

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SDK Supported and recommended IDEs Requirements

ArcObjects SDK ArcObjects SDK requirements

Software version requirements

Side-by-side installation of ArcGIS Desktop, ArcReader and ArcGIS Engine clients on the same machine with ArcGIS
Server will differ depending on the version of ArcGIS Server being used:

ArcGIS Server 10.9 cannot be installed on the same machine as any version of ArcGIS Desktop, ArcReader, and
ArcGIS Engine clients.
ArcGIS Server 10.9.1 can be installed on the same machine as ArcGIS Desktop, ArcReader, and ArcGIS Engine
10.8.2 clients only.

Operating system requirements and limitations

All platforms

Windows

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