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The Memphis Area Geographic Information Council (MAGIC) represents a community of GIS professionals, students, and end-users who, through their knowledge and work, provide the maps, analysis, data, and applications. They share GIS technology and experience through pertinent training, scholarship opportunities, and general GIS advocacy. They have a webinar coming up on Tues July 7 at 2 pm CST featuring ArcGIS Monitor, presented by dymaptic. MAGIC Webinar: ArcGIS Monitor Webhook Messages to your Favorite Chat Software If you're using or considering ArcGIS Monitor to optimize your Enterprise environment, please join us for a live webinar demonstrating how to deliver real-time ArcGIS Monitor alerts directly to your team's communication platform without complex custom development. Senior GIS Developer Kevin Sadrak of Dymaptic will walk through the process of building a real-time alerting solution that sends beautifully formatted ArcGIS Monitor notifications straight to Slack. You'll also see how a Claude AI assistant can enhance those notifications, making them more conversational, interactive, and actionable for your team. Whether you're looking to improve system awareness, accelerate response times, or streamline operations, this session will provide practical techniques you can put to work immediately. Register at this link   ... View more

Esri is excited to introduce ArcGIS for ServiceNow, a new integration that connects the ArcGIS and ServiceNow platforms to bring location intelligence directly into business workflows.  It includes two components: 1. The Connector for ServiceNow is built for ArcGIS users who want to bring ServiceNow business data into their GIS workflows. 2. ArcGIS Maps for ServiceNow is designed for ServiceNow users. Organizations will soon  be  able to access this application in the ServiceNow store, enabling users to visualize business data on interactive web maps and web scenes from the organization’s enterprise GIS.  Learn more in this blog. ... View more

On June 9th, the sixth ArcGIS Monitor User Group meeting was held. In this session, technical experts from Esri partners shared their experiences using ArcGIS Monitor. Cloudpoint Geospatial provided strategies and tips for proactive management of an enterprise GIS, while dymaptic discussed leveraging AI to extend ArcGIS Monitor.  This session featured the following presenters: 1. Virginia VanderVeen, Senior Systems Engineer - Cloudpoint Geospatial 2. Christopher Moravec, CTO - dymaptic 3. Kevin Sadrak, GIS Developer - dymaptic    ArcGIS Monitor User Group meeting #6 - Esri Partners Leveraging ArcGIS Monitor for Observability Submitted Q&A will be available soon! ... View more

UPDATED June 2026: ArcGIS Enterprise Hardening Guide, Esri technical paper. This is great resource for implementing security best practices for enterprise GIS deployments.  This document describes strategies and associated settings that can be implemented to improve the security posture of ArcGIS Enterprise deployments as recommended by Esri. It is designed for organizations planning a new deployment of ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 and higher and existing deployments. This document addresses ArcGIS Enterprise security options through version 12.1. Please realize the criticality of regularly updating to the current release of ArcGIS Enterprise as cyberattacks on organizations continue to multiply. If you are not utilizing the current ArcGIS Enterprise version, please refer to the Patch Management section of this document first. ArcGIS Enterprise Hardening Guide - June 2026      You can learn more about ArcGIS security best practices from the ArcGIS Trust Center.  Trust.ArcGIS.com is your go to resource for security, privacy, and compliance information. ... View more