Getting Technical - October 2025
When is GIS Day in Canada? How can you detect changes in the built environment using ArcGIS Pro? How do you create an ArcGIS Online Data Store item with Azure Cloud Storage? Get answers to all these questions and more in this month’s edition of Getting Technical.
Must Reads
Save the date for GIS Day in Canada
GIS Day in Canada is coming up on November 18, 2025! This is a fantastic opportunity to discover how the "where" in your data can open up new avenues for you.
This year, we're celebrating the expanding influence of GIS and the professionals who bridge disciplines to solve complex, real-world challenges using spatial insight. It goes beyond a GIS person only working in the mapping department: now, GIS is supporting strategic thinking, empowering cities and communities and taking our understanding of the world in new directions.
You will not want to miss this insightful virtual and FREE event.
Register now:-GIS day in Canada
Blogs
Map urban change: ArcGIS workflows for built environment change detection
Calculating the NDBI for image Time 1 (June 2023)
Change is constant, Cities evolve, landscapes shift and infrastructure transforms. Understanding these changes is vital for smart planning and sustainable development. In this post, Hawjin Falahatkar walks you through two practical imagery workflows in ArcGIS Pro to detect changes in the built environment, identifying new development and built loss over time.
Leveling up your ArcGIS Urban Metrics: Pro Forma Analysis for Planners
The full metric graph resulting in an Expected Revenue value.
Metrics are perhaps ArcGIS Urban’s most powerful feature, but their complexity can make them intimidating for less experienced users. This blog explores how metrics can be deployed to rapidly perform even complex calculations by demonstrating how to configure a Pro Forma analysis for use in any Urban model or plan.-
View all additional blogs on the Esri Canada Blog site.
Videos
How to create an ArcGIS Online Data Store item with Azure Cloud Storage
Do you need to connect your Azure Blob Storage Container to ArcGIS Online? in this video, we show you how to create an ArcGIS Online Data Store item with Azure Cloud Storage Container.
How to add accessibility descriptions to elements in ArcGIS Dashboards
Have you ever wanted your Dashboards to reach a wider audience and be as accessible as possible to anyone who uses them? This video shows you how to add element and map descriptions to your dashboards to make your dashboard more accessible.
Stay up to date on all our GeoSnaps by visiting the YouTube playlist.
Training
ArcGIS Experience Builder: Advanced Techniques
Take your web app-building skills to the next level
Get prepared to create engaging web applications that feature powerful functionality and a unified, modern user experience. This course teaches essential concepts and workflows that will enable you to build web apps infused with GIS content and capabilities without writing code. You will gain practice with ArcGIS Experience Builder interactive widgets, actions, pages and other features that will help your organization deliver GIS capabilities anywhere they are needed, while ensuring a seamless user experience across devices.
Esri Canada Seminars & Webinars
ArcGIS AllSource: Actionable Intelligence with an All-in-One Desktop Application
November 19, 2025 
National Security organizations are challenged to collect, create and deliver the most up-to-date intelligence to decision-makers in a timely manner. ArcGIS AllSource equips intelligence analysts with the tools to integrate data, uncover insights and share actionable intelligence across multiple domains.
This webinar will present the main capabilities and workflows of ArcGIS AllSource, showing how to collect and analyze data from multiple sources to create timely, actionable intelligence – whether conducting movement, link or investigative analysis, or assessing potential threats.
Join us for this webinar to explore key capabilities, see practical workflows in action and watch live demonstrations of the powerful analytical tools available in ArcGIS AllSource.
What’s Next: Moving from Cityworks PLL to Trimble Unity Permit & Field
November 20, 2025
Join us for a deep dive into the Trimble Unity Permit community development suite and the new Trimble Unity Field mobile application. This session will provide an update on recent product lifecycle announcements and migration path to the Trimble cloud managed SaaS platform (in Canada!). We’ll showcase the product vision, features and benefits, with live demonstrations including:
Trimble Unity Permit-– a cloud-based enterprise case management solution for community development, permitting, and more and-Trimble Unity Field-– a GIS-centric data collection and visualization tool for inspections, violations, bylaw enforcement and request management.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see what’s new and how these solutions can enhance your operations. Register now and invite your peers who you think would also benefit from this product update.
Missed last month’s recording? No problem, check out the recordings: View recorded seminars | View recorded webinars
Service Packs, Patches & Product Support Updates
ArcGIS Server Feature Services Security Patch and Update
A critical security vulnerability has been identified that affects ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 deployments on Windows, Linux and Kubernetes. Esri recommends that those impacted with ArcGIS Enterprise on Windows and Linux apply the ArcGIS Server Feature Services Security Patch and ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes apply the ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 on Kubernetes Feature Services Security Update.
This patch is available for ArcGIS Server 11.3, 11.4 and 11.5 on Window and Linux and ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5 on Kubernetes; customers on ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 or 11.4 on Kubernetes should upgrade to ArcGIS Enterprise 11.5.
Esri Support App
Download the Esri Support app to subscribe to important product updates and bug-related notifications. Also, try its newest feature – scan and solve error messages. You can also take advantage of Esri’s in-app generative AI chatbot to answer some of your questions. This Esri Support AI Chatbot can also be accessed on the Esri Support website.
ArcGIS Trust Center
Visit the ArcGIS Trust Center for critical security announcements and updates to privacy and compliance information.
ArcGIS and the Impact of MFA Enforcement in Snowflake
Read the FAQ to find out about Esri’s recommendations to mitigate potential disruptions.
Announcing the Deprecation of ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Local Server is deprecated and will be retired in 2030.
Retiring Apps and Features
Below you’ll find more information about the upcoming retirement of several apps and features included in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
ArcGIS Engine Deprecation
ArcGIS Engine, including the ArcGIS Engine Developer Kit and ArcGIS Engine Runtime, are being deprecated to concentrate on client-application developer products that more effectively address the needs of developers within the modern ArcGIS system. ArcGIS Engine entered Mature Support on March 1, 2024, and full retirement is scheduled for March 1, 2026. No further functionality updates, patches, or hotfixes will be available.
We strongly recommend migrating to one of the following alternatives:
- ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps for desktop and mobile client applications.
- ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript for web applications.
- ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Unity or Unreal Engine for immersive 3D and XR experiences.
- ArcGIS Pro SDK for .NET for advanced GIS workflows.
- ArcGIS Enterprise SDK and ArcPy for server-side operations and automation.
For detailed guidance and resources, visit our guides on migrating:
Map Viewer Classic Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
Map Viewer Classic will be removed from ArcGIS Online upon retirement and can no longer be accessed. For more information, read the retirement announcement as well as the Map Viewer Classic Roadmap for Retirement blog.
ArcGIS Configurable Apps Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
To provide users with more time to migrate their applications, the retirement date for Configurable Apps has been extended-to Q1 2026. Apps built using Configurable Apps will no longer be accessible upon retirement. For more information, read the retirement announcement.
ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
You will not be able to create new apps or edit existing apps using ArcGIS Web AppBuilder after retirement. Apps will continue to work after retirement. However, we recommend you migrate your apps to ArcGIS Experience Builder as updates to browsers could introduce functional or security issues which will not be addressed by Esri. For more information, read the retirement announcement.
Classic Esri Story Maps Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
To provide you with more time to migrate classic Esri Story Maps, the retirement date has been extended to Q1 2026. At that time, classic Esri Story Maps will be removed from ArcGIS Online, and any stories created with classic Esri Story Maps will no longer be available. For more information, read the retirement announcement and review the Classic Esri Story Maps Roadmap for Retirement blog.
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