Quick tour of the Portal for ArcGIS website
Portal for ArcGIS is a website and repository for GIS content. You deploy the portal on your network to allow sharing of maps and applications within your organization. On the site, you'll find maps and applications published by your organization, a gallery of featured maps and applications, a powerful search engine, map viewers, groups you can join and create, and a personal workspace for storing and organizing your content.
The following image shows the main navigation bar on the portal home page. Use the functions on this bar to navigate the website and search for items.
Gallery
The gallery is a place to browse featured maps, web mapping applications, and mobile applications. Your organization's portal administrator selects which items appear in the gallery and may pick items that are important for your work projects and show useful examples.
Map
Click Map to open the map viewer, which you can use to build interactive web maps and share them with others in your organization. You choose a basemap, an area of interest, and add information layers. These layers can be ArcGIS Server services, KML documents, or OGC WMS services you find on the portal website, the web (if your site is configured to access the web), or ArcGIS for Server. You can also create features and add features from text files, GPX files, and shapefiles. You can change symbols and configure pop-up windows.
Once you've finished building your map, you can refine it, save it to your personal workspace, and share it with others.
Groups
Groups are a collection of items, usually related to a specific area of interest. Anybody in your organization can create groups as a way to organize their items. As a group owner, you decide who can find the group, if others can request to join, and who can contribute content.
My Content
Use Portal for ArcGIS to add and share web and mobile applications, files on your computer, and content from the web. All your items are accessible through your personal My Content page.
Search
The site has a powerful search function that lets you quickly find specific maps or applications you need for your work. The search results help you determine the usefulness of each item and find related items. It also lets you open the item where you want, for example, you see choices to open a map in the Portal for ArcGIS map viewer and ArcGIS for Desktop.