Common clients of Portal for ArcGIS
Portal for ArcGIS is designed to expand the use of maps and GIS applications within organizations. The following is a sample of the many clients you can implement to help people in your organization interact with maps and other items in your portal.
ArcGIS for Desktop
ArcGIS for Desktop is the most sophisticated application in ArcGIS. It includes advanced capabilities to author, edit, and analyze geographic data. Users of ArcGIS for Desktop can sign in to Portal for ArcGIS and use its web maps. Additionally, users of ArcGIS for Desktop can publish GIS services such as map, geoprocessing, locator, imagery, and other services that provide the foundation for much of the work performed in Portal for ArcGIS.
Esri Maps for Office
Esri Maps for Office provides mapping capabilities in Microsoft Office through a Microsoft Add-in. You can use this add-in with Microsoft Excel to create web maps in Portal for ArcGIS that show data from your spreadsheets. Additionally, an add-in for PowerPoint lets you embed these web maps into your presentations.
Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS
Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS allows you to monitor activities and events, track your field workforce, and assess the status of your daily operations. Using the Operations Dashboard, you can create and share operation views using Portal for ArcGIS. Operation views include maps, lists, charts, and other representations of real-time and static data.
Collector for ArcGIS
Collector for ArcGIS is a field data collection and editing app for smartphones and tablets. Using the Collector, you can create new features using the GPS or by tapping on a map, route to work locations, track your current location, and measure distance between locations. Refer to the Collector for ArcGIS documentation to understand how to create and share maps within Portal for ArcGIS to work with Collector.
Esri Maps for SharePoint
Esri Maps for SharePoint provides mapping capabilities in Microsoft SharePoint through a map Web Part for SharePoint pages. You can use this to display content from Portal for ArcGIS in your SharePoint pages. It also includes a workflow that allows you to spatially-enable SharePoint lists that contain address data, and a workflow to connect to, map-enable, and enrich your external data warehouse through Business Connectivity Services (BCS) support and Esri Geoenrichment.
Other mobile applications
In addition to the Collector application, there are other mobile applications and developer toolkits that you can use with Portal for ArcGIS:
- ArcGIS App for Android, iOS, or Windows Phone
- ArcGIS for Windows Mobile
- ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Windows Mobile
- ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android, iOS, or Windows Phone
ArcGIS Explorer Desktop
ArcGIS Explorer Desktop is a free GIS viewer for visualizing and sharing GIS information. You can access basemaps, layers, and web maps from your portal to be used in ArcGIS Explorer maps.
Additional clients
For information about other clients and APIs that work with Portal for ArcGIS, use the ArcGIS Applications and APIs shortcuts available from the Start menu where you have Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS for Server installed.