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ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure

ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure uses Esri images on Microsoft Azure Marketplace to deploy ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Server sites, and ArcGIS Pro on Microsoft Azure virtual machines.

The advantages of deploying on Microsoft Azure include the following:

  • You don't have to maintain hardware infrastructure.

  • You can create or remove sites as demand requires.

You must have a Microsoft Azure subscription and ArcGIS licenses to create these deployments. You choose virtual machine sizes and types and create other components when you deploy using Cloud Builder.

Tip:

Use the Microsoft Azure pricing calculator to help determine costs of using various Azure components.

The following sections describe what deployments you can create on Azure using ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder.

Base ArcGIS Enterprise

When you create a base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment on Azure using Cloud Builder, you get the following components:

  • Portal for ArcGIS

  • A GIS Server site to act as the hosting server

  • A relational store created through ArcGIS Data Store

  • An Azure Blob Storage container registered with the hosting server as the object store

  • An Azure Application gateway

The number of virtual machines in a base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment on Azure and the Azure services you use varies based on choices you make when you create the deployment.

ArcGIS Server sites

Cloud Builder allows you to create single-machine or multiple-machine ArcGIS Server sites. You can also add machines to the sites you create using Cloud Builder.

You have several ArcGIS Server site options, depending on what role you require the site to fill. Any of the following types of ArcGIS Server sites can be added to an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment as a federated server. A few can be created as a stand-alone site.

ArcGIS GeoEvent Server

You can create stand-alone ArcGIS GeoEvent Server sites or federate them with an ArcGIS Enterprise portal on Azure to use real-time data feeds in your organization.

ArcGIS GeoEvent Server sites on Azure can contain only one virtual machine.

ArcGIS GIS Server

When you deploy ArcGIS Enterprise, you automatically get an ArcGIS GIS Server site as the hosting server. You can create additional GIS Server sites to be used as stand-alone sites, or federate them with ArcGIS Enterprise on Azure.

You can register a Microsoft Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, or SQL Server with GIS Server sites. When added at site creation time, the database always contains a geodatabase.

Alternatively, you can add one or more registered databases to an existing GIS Server site. When you use this method, you choose whether the database contains a geodatabase.

ArcGIS Knowledge Server

An ArcGIS Knowledge Server site is a required component of ArcGIS Knowledge.

Cloud Builder federates the ArcGIS Knowledge Server site with the ArcGIS Enterprise portal on Azure that you specify.

To use ArcGIS Knowledge Server, the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment must include a graph store, which you can add to the deployment.

ArcGIS Image Server

You can create a stand-alone ArcGIS Image Server site or federate it with an ArcGIS Enterprise portal on Azure to publish image services from mosaic datasets.

If you federate the ArcGIS Image Server site with a portal, you can set the site as the portal's raster analysis server or the portal's image hosting server.

You must specify an Azure Blob Storage location to use as a user-managed raster data store when you create an ArcGIS Image Server site using Cloud Builder.

ArcGIS Mission Server

An ArcGIS Mission Server site is a required component of ArcGIS Mission that facilitates communication between ArcGIS Mission Manager and ArcGIS Mission Responder.

Cloud Builder federates the ArcGIS Mission Server site with the ArcGIS Enterprise portal.

ArcGIS Notebook Server

An ArcGIS Notebook Server site allows you to create ArcGIS Notebooks. Use Python with notebooks for spatial analysis and data science workflows and also to automate administrative tasks.

ArcGIS Notebook Server sites are always federated with an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, and require Docker on the ArcGIS Notebook Server instances.

ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server

An ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server site is a required component of ArcGIS Workflow Manager, which uses workflow diagrams and jobs to automate GIS workflows and manage GIS tasks.

Cloud Builder federates the ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server site with the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment on Azure that you specify.

ArcGIS Pro

Communication latency can occur when you use an ArcGIS Pro installation on-premises with an ArcGIS Server site or ArcGIS Enterprise deployment in the cloud. To reduce these wait times, deploy ArcGIS Pro in the same Azure region as the ArcGIS Server or ArcGIS Enterprise components, and access the ArcGIS Pro virtual machine through a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection.

Next step

Download ArcGIS Enterprise Cloud Builder for Microsoft Azure and install it locally.