Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Benefits

If you've used ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online for any amount of time, it's easy to see how combining the powers of Portal with ArcGIS Server can make for easier administration. Using Portal with ArcGIS Server provides the following benefits:

• Portal can help you organize your content and enables discovery within not only your organization, but outside of it as well, using galleries, groups, and searching.
• Portal can help control access to your ArcGIS Server services. This is known as federation and is a big deal these days. We will discuss this further later in this chapter.
• Portal can help your organization reach a wider audience by publishing data, maps, and ultimately apps out as web services. Again, discoverability.

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