Windows Admin Center is the next-generation management tool for Windows Server, the successor to traditional “in-box” tools like Server Manager.

You can now use Windows Admin Center (preview) in the Azure portal to manage the Windows Server operating system inside an Azure VM. Manage operating system functions from the Azure portal as well as work with files in the VM without using Remote Desktop or PowerShell.

Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal provides the essential set of management tools for managing Windows Server in a single Azure VM:

• Certificates
• Devices
• Events
• Files and file sharing
• Firewall
• Installed apps
• Local users and groups
• Performance Monitor
• PowerShell
• Processes
• Registry
• Remote Desktop
• Roles and features
• Scheduled tasks
• Services
• Storage
• Updates

You can use Windows Admin Center to manage and monitor Hyper-Converged Infrastructure running Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019.

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