Registering an existing Esri Global Account
If you have an existing Esri Global Account, you can register it as your organizational account or public account with ArcGIS Online.
You can only register an existing Esri Global Account as your organizational account if you've been invited to join an organization and the administrator selected to let you establish your own account. Once the account is associated with an organization, it becomes part of that organization. If the administrator later removes you from the organization, your maps, data, groups, and so on, stay with the organization and can be reassigned to other members. Your account is removed from the system and you can no longer access it, even if it was one you had established before joining the organization. See Joining an organization for more information.
Registering your Esri Global Account is a separate process from creating an account. Registration is necessary so you can view and agree to the ArcGIS Online terms of use. Once you have agreed to the terms, your Esri Global Account is also your ArcGIS Online organizational account or public account and you can use it to sign into the website. If you create an account from the ArcGIS.com website, it is automatically registered with ArcGIS Online. See Creating an account for more information.
Your user name and password are case sensitive when registering and signing in; many other Esri websites are not. The case sensitivity requirement is for added security to help protect your items stored in ArcGIS Online. See Account troubleshooting for more information.
Follow these steps to register an existing Esri Global Account with ArcGIS Online.
- From the website, click the Sign In link on the upper right or access the sign-in page directly from https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html.
- Click the Register your Esri Global Account button.
- Enter your Esri Global Account user name and password exactly as you spelled it when you created your account. Your user name and password are case sensitive when registering with ArcGIS Online (and when signing in). See Account troubleshooting for more information.
- Click the Register button.
- Read the terms of use and click the I Accept button to agree to the terms.
Once you accept the terms of use, you are automatically signed in to the website, and you see your profile page.