Option to decouple Solutions from ArcGIS Enterprise versions

[Joshua-Young]

I would like to see an option for new solutions or updated solutions being made available to ArcGIS Enterprise at the same time they are made available to ArcGIS Online. Then there could be checks to make sure the required functionality is available in the version of ArcGIS Enterprise that is making the request.

Surely a flag could be added to ArcGIS Enterprise to choose between using the cloud solution repository or using a locally installed solution repository. That way organizations that what to use the latest solutions can do so and those that want to be offline have the traditional local installer.

[ChrisFox]

@Joshua-Young starting at version 11.0 of ArcGIS Enterprise we no longer provide a local installer of ArcGIS Solutions. The app is included in the base install of Enterprise and the solutions available to deploy are pulled from an ArcGIS Online group for that specific version of Enterprise. This allows us to deliver solutions for a version of Enterprise independent of the Enterprise release.

The issue is as we are developing new solutions we are always leveraging the latest capabilities available in ArcGIS Online. As a result these solutions are rarely compatible with previous versions of Enterprise because the functionality doesn't exist in those versions. This is why for our new solutions we typically release in ArcGIS Online first and then release in the next version of Enterprise as this is generally when it will have the required functionality to support the solution.