What is ArcGIS Enterprise: Configuring a Base Deployment? It is an instructor-led program that teaches your team to install, configure, and secure the four core components of an ArcGIS Enterprise base deployment, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server (the hosting server), ArcGIS Data Store, and the Web Adaptor, so your organization can run mapping, spatial analysis, and data services on its own infrastructure.
As organizations bring geospatial workloads in-house to control data, security, and cost, this program helps your teams configure a base deployment that is secure, reliable, and production-ready from day one. Empower your people with expert-led on-site, off-site, and virtual sessions delivered by Edstellar, a premier corporate training provider serving organizations worldwide. Built around your goals, the program turns ArcGIS Enterprise deployment skills into lasting capabilities that lift performance across GIS, IT, and infrastructure teams.
By the end, your team can deploy ArcGIS Enterprise confidently, apply security and authentication best practices, and publish GIS resources across the organization, reducing reliance on outside consultants and shortening the time from procurement to a working platform.

- Install and configure the four core components of an ArcGIS Enterprise base deployment: Portal for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Data Store, and the Web Adaptor.
- Configure a secure environment with HTTPS, TLS certificates, and the right accounts and directory settings before deployment.
- Set up an ArcGIS Enterprise portal and federate a GIS Server site so hosted services run reliably.
- Publish, manage, and share GIS resources, maps, layers, and services, across the organization.
- Apply authentication and access controls, built-in, SAML, and enterprise (LDAP / Active Directory) logins, with appropriate roles and privileges.
- Manage users and groups so the right people have the right access to content and capabilities.
- Foundations
- What ArcGIS Enterprise is and how its components fit together
- The four components of a base deployment and the role of each
- Deployment patterns: single-machine, multi-machine, and high availability
- System requirements and planning a deployment
- Licensing, user types, and roles within ArcGIS Enterprise
- Secure foundations
- Planning hostnames, accounts, and directories before installation
- HTTPS, TLS certificates, and securing communication between components
- Operating system and network prerequisites (Windows / Linux)
- Service accounts, file shares, and permissions
- Security best practices for a production environment
- Portal setup
- Installing Portal for ArcGIS
- Configuring the Web Adaptor for the portal
- Initial portal setup, the primary administrator, and organization settings
- Configuring portal security and login options
- Verifying and validating the portal deployment
- Server and data store
- Installing ArcGIS Server and the ArcGIS Data Store
- Configuring the Web Adaptor for the server
- Federating the GIS Server with the portal
- Setting the hosting server for the deployment
- Validating server and data store health
- Content and services
- Publishing maps, layers, and services to the portal
- Configuring hosted feature layers and web maps
- Managing items, ownership, and sharing levels
- Organizing content with categories and groups
- Monitoring and maintaining published services
- Access and hardening
- Roles, privileges, and custom role design
- Built-in, SAML, and enterprise (LDAP / Active Directory) logins
- Sharing models and controlling access to content
- Hardening the deployment and managing certificates
- Auditing access and reviewing security settings
- Members and groups
- Adding, inviting, and managing members
- Assigning user types, roles, and licenses
- Creating and administering groups
- Delegating group and content management
- Maintaining users, licenses, and access over time
- GIS Specialists
- GIS Technicians
- GIS Coordinators
- IT Professionals
- Spatial Data Analysts
- Geospatial Developers
- Urban Planners
- Environmental Scientists
- Cartographers
- Land Surveyors
- Remote Sensing Specialists
- Managers
Your team should be familiar with core GIS concepts and comfortable using ArcGIS Pro or the ArcGIS Enterprise portal, along with basic Windows or Linux server administration. No prior ArcGIS Enterprise deployment experience is required, the program builds those skills from the ground up, and the content is tailored to your team's environment and version.
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