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Hi Vinoth, Is there any update on the Annotation front? No. There have been no changes. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Kevin, FYI: when you say "on premise ArcGIS.com", I believe you are referring to Portal for ArcGIS, a new extension to ArcGIS for Server in the 10.2 release. I found ArcGIS.com has support for MS Active Directory Federated Server ... However, our deployment will be �??on premise�?�. But still will require the ADFS support. ... The current release of Portal for ArcGIS does not support SAML authentication. This is being considered for a future release. FYI, an ArcGIS 10.2 Server site can be registered as a �??federated server�??, with an on-premise deployment of Portal for ArcGIS. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Kevin, FYI: when you say "on premise version of ARC GIS", I believe you are referring to Portal for ArcGIS, a new extension to ArcGIS for Server in the 10.2 release. �?� Is it true that on premise version of ARC GIS does not support SAML based authentication? A1. Correct. The current release of Portal for ArcGIS does not support SAML authentication. This is being considered for a future release. �?� Is ARC GIS (on premise) built using ASP.NET. If yes, can we use WIF (windows identity foundation) to configure its web.config to use claims authentication instead of windows authentication? A2. The ArcGIS Web Adaptor for IIS is built on ASP.NET. Regarding support for claims authentication, the answer is "no". �?� Is there any way where we can provide SSO with between on premise ARC GIS and other applications which are claims based? A3. Single-sign on (SSO) with Portal for ArcGIS is possible, see the options listed in A4. �?� What all authentication mechanisms does ARC GIS support other than windows authentication? A4. Portal for ArcGIS currently supports the following authentication mechanisms: windows authentication, ArcGIS token-based authentication, HTTP, and PKI. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Rebecca, Did i read the install help correctly and you can use one web adaptor for both ArcGIS Server and Portal? Yes, you can use one Web Adaptor for both ArcGIS for Server and Portal for ArcGIS. Please note: - the release versions of Portal and the Web Adaptor must be the same, so both must be 10.2; and - the release versions of Server and the Web Adaptor must be the same. In your case, you are running ArcGIS 10.1 for Server with a 10.1 Web Adaptor. If you want to use Portal for ArcGIS, you will need to use a 10.2 Web Adaptor. Therefore, you won't be able to share a Web Adaptor for both Server and Portal; until you upgrade your Server site to 10.2. In addition, you can�??t run 10.1 and 10.2 Web Adaptors in the same web server. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jacob, Would it be better to deploy Portal on a separate server from ArcGIS for Server? I think it depends on the load and capacity that your Server and Portal sites will be supporting. If it should be deployed on a separate server, what are the recommended hardware requirements, are they the same as ArcGIS for Server? As Tatiana referenced in her post, the Portal system requirements are in the help documentation. The ArcGIS Server system requirements can be found here. Is there any documentation available online to help with deployment? Portal for ArcGIS general help Portal for ArcGIS Administrators guide Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Adam, Do we have to buy ArcGIS Online "named user" seats to begin to use Portal? Are the "named user" seats one in the same from Online to Portal? FYI: AGOL and Portal named users are different and separate things. You can purchase "named user" seats for AGOL or for Portal. ANY further information on this would be much appreciated. I can't find any solid documentation that says anything other than "Portal" uses "named users". Nothing about what named users are, where you get them - in relation to Portal.... I believe additional information will be coming soon, specifically regarding the Esri UC announcement that organizations who have ArcGIS Desktop will get a "named user" account for either AGOL or Portal. Please also check with your local Esri account manager/Distributor for details. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Mike, What is the minimum license level ArcGIS Server needs to be designated as a Hosting Server? You get Portal as an extension to ArcGIS Server Advanced (Enterprise and Workgroup). Therefore, you can install Portal and use the same Server license to create an ArcGIS Server site, federate it with Portal, then enable it to be a hosted server. So in theory, you don�??t need an additional Server license. If you wanted to add a second and different ArcGIS Server site (i.e., using a different Server license than the one above), as a hosted server �?? you would need at minimum ArcGIS Server Standard. ArcGIS Server Basic will not work as a hosted server. FYI: Portal only supports a single hosted server. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Steve, Is it possible to use 1 Web Adaptor for different sites? I can confirm Bubba's earlier post: you can't use a Web Adaptor for mutiple ArcGIS Server sites. One Web Adaptor can only be used for a single ArcGIS Server site, but an ArcGIS Server site can have many Web Adaptors configured for it. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Adam, Specifically with Portal for ArcGIS deployed locally, what does the statement, "is licensed and priced based on the number of named users" mean? This statement means that Portal for ArcGIS has a different licensing model compared to ArcGIS for Server. ArcGIS for Server licensing is based on the number of cores in your server machine, but Portal for ArcGIS is based on the number of named users that can sign into it. Portal for ArcGIS has a similar licensing model to ArcGIS Online, which is based on named users. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jenn, Is it possible to have more than 1 user log in to ArcGIS Online using the same account information at the same time? Please see the answer in this thread: ArcGIS Online Member Accounts Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi BP, Is it not possible to use Esri ArcMap with a Teradata database? Support for spatial type data in a Teradata database is coming with the ArcGIS 10.2 release, Teradata and ArcGIS Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi James, ... In analyzing the site, an error about feature service not being set to a registered database is returned. ... Some things to check for: 1. Have you added the ArcGIS Server account as a user to your ArcSDE geodatabase (and the SQL Server instance)? You'll need to ensure it has read/write permissions on the feature class and version that you want to enable for web editing. Authoring feature services 2. Have you added your ArcSDE geodatabase as a valid data store to your ArcGIS Server site? About registering your data with the server Registering a SQL Server database with the server Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jamal, I�??m not sure if I�??m correct when I say that: �?� The min/max number of instances (ArcSOC.exe) indicates the number of concurrent requests (such as zoom, pan, query, etc.) that can be SERVED simultaneously (without failure) when requested via functions available on a web mapping application. �?� The high/low resolution is a CPU/RAM issue. High isolation means that the same ArcSOC.exe will be serving only one request while low isolation means that each ArcSOC.exe will be serving multiple requests. Therefore, in the high isolation, the RAM will be consumed (due having multiple ArcSOC.exe) while in the low isolation the CPU will be consumed as multiple request will be served by single ArcSOC.exe. Yes, generally speaking - both statements above are correct. By the way, do the terms �??service�?�, �??instance�?� and �??process�?� are used interchangeably? No, I would not. From wikipedia: "web service" is different from an "instance". And the term "process" can be interpreted differently by different people. Hope this helps, ... View more