Be a Great Administrator

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08-06-2017 09:27 AM
MollyZurn
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Use the resources below to learn concepts, best practices, and tips for administering your ArcGIS Online organization.

Preview admin basics

Watch the basic steps and best practices for setting up your organization.

Take a guided admin lesson

Ready to practice setting up an organization? Design a site, share content, invite members, and even do some credit math. All in under an hour.

Set up an organization

Create a great home page

How your home page looks creates first impressions. Get tips for making it great.

Create a great home page

Get more configuration tips

Esri Support reveals how to streamline administration and make your organization successful.

get-configuration-tips

Customize member capabilities

See how your members can accomplish specific work flows with custom roles.

Custom roles

Apply a shared theme

Browse examples of shared themes that provide consistent branding across the organization's web apps. 

Shared themes

Take advantage of distributed collaboration

Learn how to establish a trusted sharing environment between your ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise organizations. 

Distributed collaboration

Automate your admin tasks

Ready for automation and scripting? Get started with a Python for ArcGIS sample that batch creates groups.

Automate admin tasks

3 Comments
GlennLetham2
Occasional Contributor II

Great tips.. also, to be an awesome admin and save time be sure to get admin Tools, a must have for any Administrator (and Top app in the MarketPlace)

Free: https://marketplace.arcgis.com/listing.html?id=c34019b0623041608df4d06970a7a96a 

Pro: https://marketplace.arcgis.com/listing.html?id=4b9205d08a42413085a17ca91b97e3c7 

See http://www.geo-jobe.com/admin-tools/

MollyZurn
Esri Contributor

Glenn Letham - I agree -Admin Tools is a great resource! Other admin goodies at Esri · GitHub 

DerekLaw
Esri Esteemed Contributor

FYI, this document may also be useful,

ArcGIS Online Implementation Guide 

 

Hope this helps,

About the Author
Molly is a product engineer writer on the ArcGIS Online team. She's been with Esri since 2000, writing about a variety of internet mapping products. In addition to helping users make maps, Molly is passionate about trail running, Nordic skiing, ski mountaineering, climbing, and English Pointers.