Windows Admin Center (Demo & Share Your Experience)

• Kevin Tai - Windows System Engineer
• Windows Admin Center
  • Doing away with mmc
  • Microsoft's new tools that they're developing will all be in Admin Center
  • Helps a lot with Managing server core (headless)
  • Built on top of Windows Powershell 5.1
    • Completely agentless on remote computers
    • Remote Computer Requirements
      • Powershell 5.1
      • Needs Management port open on target machines firewall 5985 or 5986 - WinRM
  • Built SDK for 3rd party and community extension development
  • Deployment
    • Needs server installed on management computer
      • Management requires access to all managed computers
      • Locally hosted or remote WebConsole
      • Lightweight
  • Performance
    • As fast as the network allows
  • Hyper-V, Hyper Converged management integration
  • Azure integrated
    • Can manage Azure directly from the console
    • 3rd Party Hardware vendors partnered with MS
      • Venders offer integrations with WAC
  • Viewing a managed server
    • Can get live information performance
    • Change firewall rules and tons of other management services
    • Perf Monitor
      • Built with intelligence
        • When selecting specific counters, it will automatically show relevant counters by graying out others
  • Remote powershell directly from the web browser
  • Can potentially manage linux hosts from WAC
  • Uses AD Credentials or other WinRM authentication methods
  • Does not replace SCCM, it is more complimentary to it

Useful links:

Windows Admin Center documentation page: https://aka.ms/windowsadmincenter

Introduction to Windows Admin Center: https://youtu.be/WCWxAp27ERk

How to Get Started with Windows Admin Center: https://youtu.be/PcQj6ZklmK0

Windows Admin Center: Hyper-V Live Migration, PerfMon & deeper Azure integration: https://youtu.be/Q1vk6siqHW4