ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta) is an in-app productivity tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to recommend search results and data. It provides suggestions and understands geographic context through prompts or search queries.
Get started
To get started with ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta), do the following:
- Sign in to ArcGIS from the Options tab in Microsoft Teams.
- Turn on the Enable AI assistant toggle button in the Settings pane.
Note:
Your ArcGIS Online administrator must configure AI assistants before you can access ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta), including turning off the Block Esri apps and capabilities while they are in beta setting. See Use ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta) for more information on how to get started with ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta).
Credits
Using ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta) does not consume credits.
Feedback
To provide feedback about a specific response, click the thumbs up or thumbs down button and complete the survey. The feedback may be used to guide additional development of the assistant.
Security and privacy
ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta) aligns with the following principles:
- Prompts are not used to train Esri or third-party AI models.
- Prompts are not used to improve any Esri or third-party product or service.
- Prompts are not stored or shared.
- Prompts are not used to improve the assistant for your own use.
- Prompts are stored and are accessible to the Esri Development team.
AI transparency cards are available with more security and privacy details.
Limitations and bias
An ArcGIS Online organizational account is required to access ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta). Other account types, such as public accounts, are not currently supported. Suggestions generated using AI can be misleading or inaccurate. To avoid potentially reinforcing any unintentional biases in the AI models used by ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta), human judgment should be applied to interpreting and acting upon the assistant's outputs.
Resources
For more information, see the following:
- Trusted AI in ArcGIS
- Configure AI assistants
- What is the ArcGIS for Teams assistant (beta) Esri Community blog article