Set up the term store for geotags—ArcGIS for Microsoft 365

As a SharePoint administrator, you can configure ArcGIS for SharePoint to establish a location for storing geotag terms.

When users add data to a map in  ArcGIS for SharePoint, they can use that data as a reference layer for geotagging documents. Layers and their specified attributes provide context for the geotag and geosearch functionality. Users must sign in to an ArcGIS account that has been configured with edit, design, or contribute privileges to add and configure the map.

Create an ArcGIS term set

As a SharePoint administrator, you can perform this workflow, which is an optional, one-time process.

The  ArcGIS for SharePoint geotagging workflow creates terms as geotags in the  SharePoint term store. Terms are stored in the built-in  keywords  term, which is set by default. To create and organize these terms in dedicated term sets in ArcGIS for SharePoint, install and use ArcGIS for Microsoft 365 management PowerShell. For non-English locales, manually add languages to the term set  to avoid errors.

Install and configure PowerShell

To install and configure PowerShell, complete the following steps:

Ensure that the PnP.PowerShell module is installed.
The PnP.PowerShell module is used for managing the SharePoint term store, term group, and term set. See the Microsoft documentation and PowerShell cmdlets for more information about this module.
Run the following Microsoft Windows PowerShell Install-Module cmdlet as a system administrator:
```
Install-Module -Name PnP.PowerShell
```
Run the following cmdlet to configure the PnP.PowerShell module:
```
Register-PnPManagementShellAccess
```
See the PowerShell Authentication article for more information.
Run the following cmdlet to install the ArcGIS.Microsoft365 module:
```
Install-Module -Name ArcGIS.Microsoft365
```
Run the following cmdlet to allow remotely signed PowerShell cmdlets and functions:
```
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
```

Usage

As a SharePoint administrator, you can run the following cmdlet:

Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://[yourtenant]-admin.sharepoint.com -Interactive # (or-UseWebLogin)

Note:

This is a one-time configuration per tenant. You must apply the -Interactive flag if the tenant has enabled multifactor authentication (MFA). See the PowerShell Connecting with PnP PowerShell article for information about specific environment and configuration options.

Run the following cmdlet to create the Esri term group and the ArcGIS term set:

New-ArcGISTermSet

The ArcGIS for SharePoint app users in your organization can be added as contributors, to the newly created Esri term group.

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