Using Portal with ArcGIS Server
Portal for ArcGIS became an integral piece of ArcGIS Enterprise starting at the 10.5 release, making it more practical than ever to use Portal with ArcGIS Server.
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.
Let's look at some of the ways Portal can be used with ArcGIS Server.
