Agenda

1.What is Windows Admin Center (WAC)?

2.How WAC Improves Management Environment
3.Different Features
4.Scenarios
5.Installation Types
6.User Access Options
7.Available Roles
8.Installations And Requirements
1.Requirements (briefly)
2.Different Installation Type Purpose
9.Configure User Access Control and Permissions

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Credit

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 1. What is Windows Admin Center?

Windows Admin Center is the modern evolution of "in-box"

management tools, like Server Manager and MMC. It

complements System Center - it's not a replacement.

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 2. How WAC Improves Management
Environment
• Familiar functionality
• Centralized Management
• Easy to install and use • Graphical User Interface (GUI)
for Core Installations

• Complements existing solutions • Remote Management

• Integration with PowerShell
• Monitoring and Alerts
• Manage from any where • Integration
RBAC
• Azure
• MFA
• Enhanced security for management platforms • Role-Based
Remote Management
Access Control
(RBAC):
• Certificate Management
• Extensibility • Update Management
• Gateway Security

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 3. WAC Different Features

• Server Management
• Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Management
• Storage Management
• Networking
• Identity and Access Management
• Certificate Management
• Updates and Compliance
• Event Viewer and Performance Monitoring
• Remote Desktop
• PowerShell and Scripting Support
• Azure Integration
• Extensions and Ecosystem
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 4. WAC scenarios

1. Simplify server management

2. Work with hybrid solutions

3. Streamline hyperconverged management

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 5. WAC Installation Types

Local client | Gateway server | Managed server | Failover cluster

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 6. WAC User Access Options

1. Gateway access roles

2. Identity provider options

3. Smartcard authentication

4. Conditional access and multi-factor authentication

5. Role-based access control

Available Roles

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 7. Available Roles

1. Administrators

2. Readers

3. Hyper-V Administrators

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8. Installations And Requirements

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 8.1. Requirements (briefly)

• Preparing the environment • Enable Remote

Management.
• Enable File Server Role.
• Networking configuration • Enable Hyper-V Module
for PowerShell.

• Changing TCP port to 443

• Changing default route
(Internet endpoints)
• Adding proxy server

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8.2. Different Installation Type Purpose

It uses port 6516 by default

• Install on Windows 10

• Install on Windows Server with desktop experience

• Install on Server Core

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9. Configure User Access Control and
Permissions

• Gateway access role definitions

• Active Directory or local machine groups

• Etc…

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Thank You

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