Portal for ArcGIS Administration

With the release of ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5, Portal for ArcGIS, referred to as Portal here, became a first-class citizen, joining the ranks of ArcGIS Server and becoming a fully integrated, standard component of the Esri platform. Using Portal, your users can create, edit, and share web maps and web mapping applications. GIS content can be searched, shared, and accessed in ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro. When ArcGIS Server is federated with your Portal, Portal provides an interface and a window into your ArcGIS Server content. Even without federation, Portal still provides an intuitive ArcGIS Online-like experience and central access point into your enterprise GIS. In many organizations, Portal is the method used to interact with the enterprise GIS. Also, administrative tasks for Portal determine and set which base content and templates are available...