Microsoft Azure Hybrid Management
With Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal you can manage the Windows Server operating system of your Arc-enabled servers, known as hybrid machines. You can securely manage hybrid machines from anywhere–without needing a VPN, public IP address, or other inbound connectivity to your machine.
With Windows Admin Center extension in Azure, you get the management, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance functionality for managing your Arc-enabled servers in the Azure portal. Windows Server infrastructure and workload management no longer requires you to establish line-of-sight or Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)–it can all be done natively from the Azure portal. Windows Admin Center provides tools that you’d normally find in Server Manager, Device Manager, Task Manager, Hyper-V Manager, and most other Microsoft Management Console (MMC) tools.
In the following steps we will install Azure Windows Admin Center (Preview) on a Microsoft Azure Arc enabled Server from the Azure Portal.
Click on Windows Admin Center (Preview) on the Left side.
Then click op Setup
Set the port.
Click on Install
Installing extension Windows Admin Center
At the Activity log you can follow the installation.
and See the Quick Insights
No Problems here
Let’s Connect
Sign in with your Username and Password
Running Windows Admin Center from the Azure Portal.
PowerShell session remote on the Azure Arc enabled Server.
Events of the Azure Arc enabled Server.
Conclusion
With Microsoft Azure Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc enabled Servers you can manage your servers from anywhere.
You got all the benefits of Microsoft Azure Hybrid features. Try it yourself, Windows Admin Center is still in preview and for testing only.
You can experience this awesome Azure Hybrid solution before it goes in production
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Microsoft Architect and ICT Specialist and Microsoft MVP Cloud and Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP Windows Insider Microsoft Tech Community Insider Microsoft Azure Advisor.
Reference
Van den Berg, J., 2023, #Microsoft Azure Arc enabled Servers managed with Windows Admin Center in #Azure #AzureHybrid #MVPBuzz, Mountainss.wordpress.com, Available at: https://mountainss.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/microsoft-azure-arc-enabled-servers-managed-with-windows-admin-center-in-azure-azurehybrid-mvpbuzz/ [Accessed on 3 July 2023]
