Managing groups question?

Question

Are there any "best practices" for AGOL/Portal group creation and maintenance for a local government?

At the UC this year it seems every session I went to said to "create a group"  for this. I'm concerned about "groups gone wild" maintenance issues! I've got to develop and maintain groups for an enterprise!

DerekLaw · Answer

Hi Venus,

This blog post is a few years old, but its content is still applicable (and for Portal for ArcGIS as well):

Using ArcGIS Online Groups Effectively | ArcGIS Blog

Hope this helps,

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AndrewCiurro · Answer

There is, in fact, a page by AGOL forLocal Government regarding GIS groups from an administrator's standpoint. Should be a decent starting point.

http://solutions.arcgis.com/local-government/help/arcgis-online-for-local-government/get-started/configure-central-gis-groups/

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