Windows Admin Center was formerly known as 'Project Honolulu' and was described as Microsoft's next step beyond its venerable Server Manager and Microsoft Management Console tools. It contains tools for managing Windows 10 clients, servers, clusters and hybrid environments, along with a bunch of Azure cloud management tooling.
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Sep 20, 2018 According to Microsoft, Windows Admin Center (WAC) is 'a lightweight, browser-based GUI platform and toolset for IT admins to remotely manage Windows Server and Windows 10 machines'.As so often with tools intended for enterprise IT management, WAC can also be used by private users to manage a single Windows 10 computer or all Windows 10 computers on home network. Windows Server 2019 was released the 4th of October 2019. This was very expected and highly attended release of the latest Microsoft Server Operating system (OS). Microsoft has also released a new free utility called Windows Admin Center (WAC) which can manage your whole production environment via web-based console.
Windows Admin Center isn't conceived as a replacement for Microsoft Intune mobile management and System Center administrative tools. It's more of an ad hoc tool that lets IT pros drill down into the details.Microsoft is planning to talk more about Windows Admin Center on May 22 during its Web event.
It'll be possible to sign up for the event on April 17.30-Day NoticeMicrosoft's Friday announcement recommended that Windows Admin Center users upgrade to version 1904 'within 30 days.' The product follows Microsoft's, which requires that users keep the product updated.
Also under the policy, users get a 'minimum 30 days' notification' on when they'll need to take action to avoid 'significant degradation.' One reason to upgrade Windows Admin Center is that some Azure APIs that worked with earlier versions of the product are getting deprecated. 'Upgrading is especially important for customers using Azure Site Recovery, Azure Update Management, or Azure Monitor,' Microsoft noted.New ToolsMicrosoft's announcement described plenty of new Windows Admin Center features added with version 1904.
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Of the core tools, users have a Containers tool that's at the GA stage. A Power configuration tab, found under server settings, lets IT pros specify a power profile to use with Hyper-V hosts. It's possible to create Virtual Machines that can use Server Message Block file shares for storage.There are added hyperconverged infrastructure tools. Users get diagnostics and troubleshooting for, as well as improvements for.On the Azure tooling side, there's now an Azure hybrid services tool for managing hybrid or 'on-premises' server environments.
Microsoft added portal improvements to the Azure Backup service, adding 'real-time monitoring of backup jobs.' The Azure Storage Migration Service is included for moving Windows or Linux server workloads into an Azure virtual machine.
It's also possible to use the Azure File Sync service with the Storage Migration Service to move older Windows Server workloads to Windows Server 2019. However, the Azure File Sync feature is currently at the preview stage. Also at preview is Azure Monitor within the portal, but Microsoft contends that the free 5GB of data per month allowance is sufficient to try it out.A few core tools at preview include an Active Directory tool, a DNS tool and a DHCP tool. The Active Directory tool shows domain details. It lets IT pros 'create and manage users and groups' and reset passwords.
They can search for and remove 'user and computer objects.' The Active Directory preview is available from the Extensions manager in Windows Admin Center.Microsoft also described three partner extensions that work with Windows Admin Center version 1904. Lenovo added its XClarity Integrator tool for viewing the health status of Lenovo servers. A QCT Management Suite supports QCT servers. The NEC ESMPRO extension supports NEC Express5800 series servers.