ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro

[MHoagland]

Good Morning.   I am working my way through various elementary tutorials... now in ArcGIS Online Basics.  Should I be work through exercises with ArcMap or (since ArcMap is soon to be replaced by ArcGIS Pro ??) should I move forward now with ArcGIS Pro?

[DanielleKleinman1]

Good morning MHoagland,

Yes, ArcGIS Pro is the better choice since ArcMap will soon be deprecated.  

Best of luck!

[GaryMorris2]

Good morning, MHoagland,

I would definitely suggest ArcPro.

[HeatherSmith · Accepted solution]

@MHoagland the responses above are correct, you should learn ArcGIS Pro, not ArcMap. Here are some tutoriaIs that I recommend:

• Get started with ArcGIS Pro
• Common skills for working with data in ArcGIS Pro

[MHoagland]

OK...  really dumb question.  I'm trying the "Get Started with GIS Pro" tutorial.  I'm stuck at the very first step which is... "start ArcGIS Pro." I'm looking everywhere for how to do start ArcGIS Pro and I keep finding myself at the pages where I'm supposed to buy or try it.  But I already did...as an individual.  

[HeatherSmith]

@MHoagland have you already installed ArcGIS Pro? If not, find the .exe file you downloaded and follow the prompts to install the program. You can find more detailed instructions here: Install ArcGIS Pro.

Once it is installed, click your computer's Start button and type ArcGIS Pro to find the application. 

[MHoagland]

Thank you for the reply.  I had trouble getting ArcGIS Pro installed.  I got great help from Affi at ESRI.  I am now ready to start tackling the tutorials that you suggested.

Thanks again.

[MHoagland]

All set with starting ArcGIS Pro.  Thanks.

[HeatherSmith]

You are welcome!

[MHoagland]

Great! Thank you all!