ESDP 2025 EIG

JenniferParra · ‎03-13-2025

ArcGIS Enterprise System Design Professional 2025 Exam Information Guide

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Exam Details

Exam Questions: 75
Exam Duration: 1 Hour, 45 Minutes
Exam Format: Multiple Choice
Exam Language: English
Certification Code: ESDP 2025
Exam State: In Development
- Operational exam will launch 13 November 2025
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Exam Purpose

The ArcGIS Enterprise System Design Professional 2025 exam tests the candidate’s ability to design an advanced ArcGIS Enterprise system for clients that may include custom solutions for unique projects and use cases using best practices. It expects the candidate to have at least 4 years of applied experience with ArcGIS Enterprise system design.

Target Candidate Audience

The ArcGIS Enterprise System Design Professional 2025 exam is intended for IT and GIS professionals with experience in GIS architecture and designing enterprise systems. Roles may include but are not limited to: GIS administrators, GIS managers, GIS consultants, and Enterprise architects.

Description of Qualified Candidate

The ArcGIS Enterprise System Design Professional 2025 exam is designed for candidates with a mid to high level of diverse and varied experience in enterprise system design and implementation. Candidates should have at least 4 years of applied experience with ArcGIS Enterprise system design.

These candidates should have knowledge of the components of an enterprise solution and perform advanced troubleshooting of enterprise systems. Qualified candidates should be proficient in best practices related to architecture design and capacity planning.

Candidate Qualifications

A qualified candidate should be able to perform the following tasks:

Design solution, application, data, security and system architecture
Translate functional and nonfunctional requirements into solution and system design
Design an ArcGIS Enterprise system for high availability and disaster recovery
Determine the correct security mechanisms for authentication and authorization and the right security posture for the system
Calculate system capacity
Determine licensing requirements
Define infrastructure components configuration (for example, Load Balancer, Networking)
Design system integrations on apps, services, and data levels
Identify and troubleshoot infrastructure issues
Design a disaster recovery strategy
Design architectures for cloud and virtualized environments
Design virtual desktop infrastructure for clients

The following tasks are considered beyond the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the qualified candidate:

Advise on complex security architecture patterns
Understand complex Load Balancer configurations
Understand complex networking

A qualified candidate should be familiar with the following:

ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4
ArcGIS Monitor 2024.x
GIS Enterprise Reporter
System Log Parser
eGDB Health
Network tracing tools (for example, Fiddler, DevTools)
Infrastructure troubleshooting tools (for example, Process Monitor, Sysmon)
Command-line shells (for example, CMD, PowerShell, Shell)

Skills Measured

Candidates should use the exam content sections below as a checklist to identify gaps between their knowledge and the skills measured by the exam. The relative weight indicates the approximate size of each section. It is recommended that preparation be focused in areas where knowledge gaps are found.

Physical Architecture 35%

Apply procedural concepts to document physical architecture that will meet nonfunctional requirements
Design a highly available deployment
Identify the URLs used in ArcGIS Enterprise
Given a scenario, use system design inputs to calculate required server capacities
Apply procedural concepts to adjust architecture to meet requirements and constraints
Given a scenario, determine which VDI configuration to use

Solution Architecture 26%

Identify ArcGIS components that will be required in the design
Identify ArcGIS Server roles/extensions that will be required in the design
Identify appropriate Data Store types
Given a scenario, determine authentication methods based on business needs
Adjust architectural solution to meet constraints

Deployment and Troubleshooting 14%

Apply procedural concepts to select an upgrade strategy
Identify potential system integration issues
Interpret results and data from tools
Determine which ArcGIS Monitor component to use

Architectural Concepts 25%

Determine when to use workload separation
Design system based on environment isolation needs
Determine which type of collaboration to use based on requirements
Apply procedural concepts to identify a content delivery strategy
Identify methods for backup, replication and/or resiliency
Given a scenario, determine when to use tiered architectures

Resources

To help prepare for the exam, we recommend candidates use the training resources provided below, along with reviewing the list of exam objectives, to identify and fill any knowledge gaps. Completing the recommended training courses does not guarantee a passing score on a certification exam.

The Esri-curated learning plan for this exam is updated regularly to reflect the latest Esri Academy resources and resource retirement schedules.

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