About publishing GIS resources to the server

There are two ways to create services in ArcGIS Server. These are described as Publish a GIS Resource and Add New Service. Choosing Publish a GIS Resource does the following:

• Prompts you for only the minimum amount of information needed to publish a GIS resource as a service.
• Sets service properties such as pooling, recycling, and time-outs to the default values.
• Allows you to publish associated services automatically. For example, if you choose Publish GIS Resource to publish a map document with a tool layer, you have the option to enable the geoprocessing capability and automatically create a geoprocessing service that works with the map service. If you choose Add New Service in this scenario, the geoprocessing capability is not available and you have to create the map and geoprocessing services one at a time.

This section of the help explains how to use the Publish a GIS Resource option. For help with Add New Service, see About adding new services.

Note:

When you choose Publish a map, globe, or other GIS resource as a service on the Home tab in Manager, the Publish a GIS Resource wizard appears.