Esri offers many extensions to the base ArcGIS GIS Server included with ArcGIS Enterprise. These extensions broaden or deepen the capabilities of your server deployment.
For a discussion of what's included with ArcGIS Enterprise, including the components of a base deployment and additional licensing roles for ArcGIS Server, see What is ArcGIS Enterprise.
ArcGIS GIS Server provides fundamental mapping, analytics, and data management capabilities to your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment. You use ArcGIS GIS Server to publish services, to host layers, and to provide ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World content to either connected or disconnected deployments. ArcGIS GIS Server supports OGC web services and custom geoprocessing models. It's also the licensing role needed to deploy a hosting server in your base ArcGIS Enterprise deployment.
Functionality
ArcGIS GIS Server is offered in three editions. Each successive edition offers additional functionality. You must apply the same ArcGIS GIS Server license edition to each machine in your site.
- Basic—The Basic edition of ArcGIS GIS Server includes geodatabase management and the ability to publish (but not edit) feature services for map visualization and query. You also get the geometry service and the ability to publish geodata services. Servers licensed with this edition cannot be federated with a portal or designated as a hosting server.
- Standard—With the Standard edition, you get everything in the Basic edition, plus all the GIS web service types offered by ArcGIS GIS Server. This allows you to enable your maps for the web, support web-based editing using feature services, and publish geoprocessing services from any tool included in ArcGIS Pro Standard. Optional extensions are available for purchase. Finally, you can share maps, apps, and other geographic information with everyone in your organization through the ArcGIS Enterprise portal.
- Advanced—With the Advanced edition, you get everything in the Standard edition, plus the ability to publish geoprocessing services from any tool included in ArcGIS Pro Advanced. Additional capabilities for geostatistical models and spatial analysis tools are also included with the Advanced edition. All other extensions are optionally available for purchase.
Capabilities and extensions
Availability of capabilities and extensions depends on the ArcGIS GIS Server license edition you purchased. For example, some capabilities are provided by default with your edition. Others may be available for purchase as an extension. Information about which license edition is required to use the functionality is noted below. Extensions are not available with ArcGIS GIS Server Basic.
| Capability | ArcGIS GIS Server Standard | ArcGIS GIS Server Advanced |
|---|---|---|
| Available for purchase | Included | |
| Not available for purchase | Included | |
| Not available for purchase | Included | |
| Not available for purchase | Included |
Share 3D services and embed 3D analysis tools
Your GIS Server Advanced edition includes 3D data analysis and surface generation capabilities.
The ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension provides tools to create and analyze surfaces and other 3D data. You can manage lidar data, conduct visibility analysis, evaluate the geometric properties of 3D features, and use TINs as an elevation source.
For more information, see What is the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension?
Serve geostatistical models
Your GIS Server Advanced edition can share statistically valid prediction services for GIS modeling and visualization.
The ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst extension provides tools for advanced surface modeling and data exploration. You can create interpolation models with a variety of statistical techniques to identify trends, spatial variation, clustering, and more. Models can be evaluated by cross-validation and other diagnostics.
For more information, see What is the Geostatistical Analyst extension?
Share/Embed Spatial Analyst tools and services
Your GIS Server Advanced edition comes with advanced raster data analysis and surface generation capabilities from ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension
The ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension provides tools for creating and analyzing raster data and for performing integrated analysis of raster and vector data. You can derive surfaces, such as slope and aspect, from digital elevation models; create site suitability models using weighted overlay analysis; and perform complex landscape analysis, such as finding least-cost paths or modeling material flows, concentrations, and dispersions over a surface.
For more information, see What is the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension.
ArcGIS Network Analyst extension
The ArcGIS Network Analyst extension provides advanced network data analysis capabilities via web services.
- Deploy powerful network analysis tools, such as multipoint optimized routing, time-sensitive, turn-by-turn driving directions, service area allocation, and fastest fixed route to the closest facility.
- Provide sophisticated network modeling capabilities to more people, including analysts, professional staff, and decision makers, regardless of their GIS knowledge or skills.
- Create advanced tools and models from your desktop and use your GIS server to share those services to desktop, mobile, and web applications.
For more information, see What is the ArcGIS Network Analyst extension?