It doesn't use IIS so will prompt you during setup for the port number you want to use, and for the SSL certificate thumbprint. To get started you'll need to download the installer from the Evaluation Centre - rather annoying start in my opinion, not sure why they've gone down this route rather than it just being a straight forward download given it's free and in general availability - but fill out the form with your details and it'll give you the installer.įire up the installer and work your way through the wizard. I tend to put this on the same server that I use for other management tasks such as backup console. Windows Admin Centre will install onto any Windows 10 or Server 2016/2019 computer (except for domain controllers), and doesn't need IIS. It's a lot more than just managing a couple of systems - when I set up our hyperconverged Hyper-V cluster I primarily did this from within WAC (post to follow on this if I get chance to write it up) - and it integrates nicely with a lot of Azure services (including any Azure VMs you might have)
Whilst it's not there yet, it is constantly being updated and improved and I find it really useful. If you've ever opened Server Manager on a Windows 2019 machine you'll have seen the popup telling you to "Go get Windows Admin Centre!". Windows Admin Centre is a web based server (and desktop) administration package which, eventually, should replace the majority of the work currently done through MMC consoles and snap-ins. By Katy Nicholson, posted on 16 January, 2021
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