1 00:00:00,740 --> 00:00:02,260 [Autogenerated] in this clip will look at 2 00:00:02,260 --> 00:00:04,120 an alternative tool for managing server 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,590 rolls, the Windows Admin Center. In 2018 4 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:09,320 Microsoft made the Windows Admin Center 5 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,140 broadly available and has updated it 6 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:13,560 several times since then. It's a browser 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,430 based management tool that administrators 8 00:00:15,430 --> 00:00:17,880 can use to manage servers, server clusters 9 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,970 and even clients systems. It does not 10 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:22,050 require that any agent software be 11 00:00:22,050 --> 00:00:24,520 installed onto the managed systems. We can 12 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:26,580 use the tool to install, configure and 13 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:28,480 monitor server roles, although the feature 14 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,170 said is more limited than the traditional 15 00:00:30,170 --> 00:00:32,860 MMC consoles. The tool works both on 16 00:00:32,860 --> 00:00:35,110 premises and in the Microsoft Cloud, which 17 00:00:35,110 --> 00:00:37,160 is cool. Then we can access devices either 18 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,490 directly or by setting up a gateway 19 00:00:39,490 --> 00:00:41,490 computer that multiple administrators 20 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:43,470 could access that we're still going to 21 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:45,490 need the administrative consoles for 22 00:00:45,490 --> 00:00:49,720 active directory, D. N. S, D. HCP II s and 23 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,000 many other roles. So Microsoft claimed 24 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,200 that the Windows Admin Center is a single 25 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,540 experience for day to day activities is 26 00:00:56,540 --> 00:00:59,110 clearly aspirational. Finally, the Windows 27 00:00:59,110 --> 00:01:01,130 Edmund Center provides the Onley user 28 00:01:01,130 --> 00:01:02,700 interface for a select member of new 29 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,350 Server 2019 features. But these do not 30 00:01:05,350 --> 00:01:08,030 concern us here. As with server manager we 31 00:01:08,030 --> 00:01:09,450 can run the Windows Admin Center on a 32 00:01:09,450 --> 00:01:11,900 workstation or on a server. Installing the 33 00:01:11,900 --> 00:01:13,780 product on Windows 10 for example, lets us 34 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:15,270 choose whether to manage computers 35 00:01:15,270 --> 00:01:17,790 directly from this PC or install the 36 00:01:17,790 --> 00:01:19,730 Edmund Center on a server to set up the 37 00:01:19,730 --> 00:01:22,070 gateway. The link shown describes the 38 00:01:22,070 --> 00:01:24,390 options and scenarios. You can usually 39 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:26,420 leave these checked boxes in their default 40 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,910 settings. Well, let's take a quick look at 41 00:01:28,910 --> 00:01:30,680 what a role installation looks like with 42 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,120 this newer tool. Will install the hyper V 43 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,860 role here for setting up a server to host 44 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:39,260 virtual machines. And here's the Windows 45 00:01:39,260 --> 00:01:41,090 Admin Center dashboard on a Windows 10 46 00:01:41,090 --> 00:01:43,290 computer running in Microsoft Edge, 47 00:01:43,290 --> 00:01:44,870 showing the computers that it set up to 48 00:01:44,870 --> 00:01:47,270 manage. So I'll click the system running 49 00:01:47,270 --> 00:01:50,810 Windows Server 2019 and after a short 50 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:52,920 delay, we see an overview page. And on the 51 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,080 left we have a scroll herbal navigation 52 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,520 pains of scrolling down. We will see a 53 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,260 link that says roles and features, which 54 00:02:01,260 --> 00:02:04,780 looks promising. So click that and Walla 55 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:06,760 the list of possibilities appears on the 56 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,860 right. Note that the roles appear at the 57 00:02:08,860 --> 00:02:11,290 top of the list and the features are lower 58 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:15,510 down I'll click the hyper V role here and 59 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:18,000 some descriptive text appears. And next, 60 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,800 all click and stall appear towards the 61 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,390 top. Wow, that's concise. So while you can 62 00:02:25,390 --> 00:02:27,400 use this tool if you like, server Manager 63 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,340 lets me make quite a few more decisions 64 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:31,220 prior to the actual installation. In 65 00:02:31,220 --> 00:02:33,010 General, Windows Admin Center is a work in 66 00:02:33,010 --> 00:02:35,450 progress and does not provide as rich and 67 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:38,000 administrative experience as other consoles.