topic Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users in ArcGIS Online Questions

ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MichaelKlein — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:52:56 GMT

We're thinking of investing in an ArcGIS Online subscription and our network specialist wants to know if we can synchronize our existing network user accounts from our Active Directory to the ArcGIS Online subscription?

Is it possible to synchronize accounts?

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MikeMinami — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:59:13 GMT

Yes, our plan is that ArcGIS Online will support Active Directory. ArcGIS Online will authenticate users against your active directory server. Thus, it will need to be externally accessible.

thanks,

Mike

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MichaelKlein — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:21:41 GMT

Yes, our plan is that ArcGIS Online will support Active Directory. ArcGIS Online will authenticate users against your active directory server. Thus, it will need to be externally accessible.

thanks,

Mike

Thanks. I'll pass this information on to our network specialist

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

DishaGori — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:29:46 GMT

@Mike, Any information as to when can we get to see this update?

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MikeMinami — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:59:47 GMT

Our current schedule has it for the end of Q1 2013. Not guaranteed though.

Mike

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

JonFisher — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:56:38 GMT

Our current schedule has it for the end of Q1 2013. Not guaranteed though.

Mike

Is that target date looking good so far? I have a group of users who don't want to all have an additional account to manage (I know I can create the accounts for them, but they don't want one more password and login to remember).

Alternatively, is there a way to generate a medium or long-term token to access AGO secure services? For our secure ArcGIS Server services, we have been generating tokens that last about a year, and securing the entire Flex map directory using IIS that authenticates via active directory. That way all our staff can see the maps, but no one else can, and we don't have to worry about extra accounts.

Thanks for any ideas / suggestions, let me know if the second questions should be reposted as a separate topic so that you can get credit for answering it.

Jon

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MikeMinami — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:34:14 GMT

We are working on it, however, I don't know the specifics about it. I do know that it is a non-trivial task and there are some technical challenges.

There is no way to generate medium or long term tokens. We don't allow this for security reasons.

Thanks,

Mike

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

BrianRassier — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:03:34 GMT

Hello -

Is there any additional insight on this topic, or any dates that can be communicated? I see some topics about Enterprise Identity Provider abilities in Beta, but I'm not sure how that relates to the vision for Active Directory users.

Thanks
-Brian

Re: ArcGIS Online Subscription, Adding existing network users

MikeMinami — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:01:27 GMT

Configuring ArcGIS Online to work with your Enterprise login is in beta now and available if you have a subscription. Here's a link to a help topic on it.

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/arcgisonline/#/Configuring_security_settings/010q000000mq000000/ESRI_SECTION1_86EC7ABCA4E74266A050B1D1CEB204FE/

Thanks,

Mike