If you check the image above, you can see the “Extensions”. In order to be able to do that, you’ll need to configure WAC to leverage AD authentication for gateway access. Windows Admin Center supports several optional features that integrate with Azure services. If the system where WAC is installed has an internet connection and If you set your router with port forwarding, you can even manage the whole infrastructure while you are on the go. You’ll add this system to the central console from where you can manage pretty much everything. Then you can access the Windows Admin Center (WAC).Įxemple. And then specify the credentials used for this connection
Open your web browser and type “localhost” or “FQDN” of the machine where the installation has ben done. You have the option to add a shortcut to your desktop or change the default port through which this solution will be accessed. Below you can see the different installation screens. You can use Windows Admin Center free of charge.Īfter downloading, start the installation by clicking the MSI.
You can download Windows Admin Center from here. Installation and Configuration of Windows Admin Center Installation of Windows Management Framework 5.1 is required on those servers. (Note that you can also manage Windows 10 systems.) Then you can manage Windows Server 2008 R2 (with limited functionality), 2012, or 2012 R2, 2016 and lastly Windows Server 2019. Installation is possible on Windows 10 Fall Anniversary Update (1709) or newer or Server core (gateway) or on one of the management servers itself – Windows Server 2016 or newer. So Windows Admin center isn’t a replacement for Microsoft’s System Center, Microsoft Intune and the Operations Management Suite, but it’s rather complementary tool or tool used by smaller organizations. If you are System Center user, worth to know that Microsoft is still planning to release new version of System Center compatible with Windows Server 2019. As you can see, even Microsoft’s older browser Internet Explorer isn’t even supported. It’s supported only on the latest releases of the Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome browsers. What’s important to know is the fact that the tool can be managed via web browser, and the list is rather strict.
Windows Admin center uses PowerShell under the hood and there is a way that you can see those scripts too which is pretty cool.
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