We were able to enable ArcGIS for SharePoint using the new vewrsion of the app available in the SharePoint store. What we still can not figre out is what kind of permissions have to be assigned from the SP Admin side in order for me to be able to geotag. While geotagging got enabled, I still get a message that i don't have sufficient permission even though the SP Admin assigned me everything he could think of.
I already have links to ESRI article that proved to be of little help to my SP Admin. So, please don't post them as a response to my post.
So, for those who are trying to deploy ArcMaps for SharePoint:
- use the newer version of the App in the SP store.
- definately works with 10.8.1 Portal version. I can' not attenst for other Portal versions, but for this one it works fine
- Makes sure you know who your SharePoint Admin is. ASk them to enable the app in the SP site for it to become available in the list of apps.
- There some "group" from the SP side that has to have permissions enabled certain way in order to: a) enable geotagging and b) allow users to actually use that geotagging.
My personal experience with trying to deploy this app - ArcMaps for SharePoint are the worst explained by ESRI deployment of ESRI products. Other than a single link to a one or two page somewhere in their instructions - you won't find to much helpful info anywhere else. The problem is not in difficulty of using the actual app once it is deployed, but in a bare-minimum of instructions on how to deploy it from the Sharepoint Admin stand point. Remember, that your SP Admins might know nothing about the GIS or what the adpp itself is supposed to do.