Summary

Throughout this book, we have discussed ArcGIS Enterprise at length, and how to install, configure, and secure it. In this chapter, we discussed standards and best practices, which are often seen as rules, and no one likes to be told what to do. The key to working with standards and best practices is to think of them as guidance brought to you by those before you who have learned things the hard way. This is the knowledge that is being passed down to you to make your system run smoother and more efficiently. Many standards are common sense, especially those related to naming; it's enacting and sticking to the standard that requires work. Best practices are the same way; enacting and sticking with them is the only way to ensure that they work. Finally, the importance of documenting your system and workflows cannot be overstated enough; documentation is not only for others, but it is also for yourself, intended to help you remember why something was set up the way it was, for example...