What's new in ArcGIS 10.2 for Server

ArcGIS 10.2 for Server includes stability enhancements and improved functionality throughout the product. For a summary of functionality changes in the software, see the following sections:

GIS services are supported on Portal for ArcGIS

Portal for ArcGIS is now a core product that you deploy on your internal network to share maps, applications, and other geographic information with other members of your organization. The content that you share is delivered to the people in your organization through a website, which you can customize to fit your organization's look and feel.

You can configure ArcGIS 10.2 for Server to work with Portal for ArcGIS. This allows you to host map and feature services on ArcGIS Server that you can make available to the users in your organization through the portal. You can also use your ArcGIS Server print and geocode services to support maps and applications your users create in Portal for ArcGIS.

Back up and restore your site configuration

You can now make a backup of your site configuration and use it to restore your settings if your site is taken offline unexpectedly or experiences other changes that you want to roll back. The backup and restore operations are invoked through included command line utilities or through the ArcGIS Server Administrator API. The backup information is stored in a single file that you can reference when you perform the restore.

See Backing up and restoring your ArcGIS Server site configuration.

Publishing feature services from databases

Prior to 10.2, you could only publish a map service with feature access enabled (a feature service) to ArcGIS Server if the database contained a geodatabase. At 10.2, you can publish editable feature services from supported database management systems. See the ArcGIS database management system requirements for a list of supported databases and spatial data types.

Beginning with ArcGIS 10.2, you should use ArcGIS Server feature services to publish data from a database rather than using ArcGIS Spatial Data Server feature services, as these have been deprecated.

Map, feature, image, and WFS services now use standardized queries

ArcGIS Server includes a security option that forces developers to use standardized SQL queries when working with map, feature, image, and WFS services through REST or SOAP. This helps prevent SQL injection attacks and also makes it easier for developers and applications to query ArcGIS Server services. Standardized queries are enforced by default, but can be disabled by the server administrator.

For more information, see About standardized queries.

New CachingControllers service improves stability when multiple cache jobs are submitted at once

A new geoprocessing service CachingControllers is preconfigured in the System folder. This service manages all the jobs being processed by the CachingTools service.

The CachingControllers service can help your server from becoming overwhelmed when multiple publishers submit caching jobs at the same time. The maximum number of instances you allow for the CachingControllers service represents the maximum number of caching jobs you can run simultaneously. Additional caching jobs are queued.

ArcGIS Server Manager enhancements

ArcGIS Server Manager includes a number of improvements that can help you administer your ArcGIS Server site:

OLE DB data source support

OLE DB connections provide uniform access to data from a variety of sources but are nonspatial connections. At ArcGIS 10.2 for Server, you can now use these data sources in your map and geoprocessing services. When publishing, you can have the OLE DB data copied to the server as part of the publishing action, or alternatively, you can register it with the server to prevent data copying. OLE DB data sources are not supported with feature services.

To learn more, see the following topics:

ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server extension

The ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server extension is a new extension for ArcGIS for Server that enables real-time GIS for streaming data. It allows you to connect with virtually any type of streaming data and automatically alert personnel when specified conditions occur—all in real time. GeoEvent Processor changes your everyday GIS applications into frontline decision apps, helping you respond faster with remarkable accuracy whenever and wherever change occurs.

For more information, see What is the ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server extension?.

ArcGIS Schematics extension

Map packages (.mpk) have been enhanced to support schematic diagram layers. This means that starting with ArcGIS 10.2 for Desktop, you can package schematic diagrams that are referenced in a map document. For more information, see About packaging schematic diagrams.

Due to this enhancement, schematic data can also be copied to the server when publishing. Moreover, this is now the default behavior when your schematic data is not registered with the server. For more information, see About publishing schematics data.

9/1/2015