Sharing content with those on your network

Sharing content with those on your network is easy if they also have ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS for Desktop, or some other GIS application. They will also need permissions and access to the databases, files, and folders used to store your GIS content.

If they have ArcGIS Pro

If other users on your network have ArcGIS Pro, they will be able to open the projects you create as long as they have access and permissions to the project and data sources used in the project. You can share layer, map, tasks, and layout files as well to standardize your content.

A layer file

A layer file in ArcGIS Pro has a .lyrx file extension. It stores all the property settings associated with a layer in a map, such as source, symbology, field visibility, labeling, definition queries, and more. Layer files allow you to standardize these settings, so the layer will appear the same across multiple maps and projects.

Using a layer file to add a new layer uses the same process as adding...