DATACENTER MANAGEMENT 15 Months on Managing Windows Servers with Windows Admin Center

Jan-Tore Pedersen DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Jan-Tore Pedersen

Senior Consultant @ GTGlobal https://jtpedersen.com Twitter:jantorep DATACENTER MANAGEMENT

Who is using Windows Admin Center? DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Lightweight & fast deployment

Access from anywhere! Internet connection not required

Internet Publish to DNS & open firewall On-Premises

Client browser

HTTP S Windows Web server Admin Gateway Center

PowerShell / WMI over WinRM

Managed nodes DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Lightweight & fast deployment

Client browser

Windows Admin Center

Managed nodes DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Lightweight & fast deployment

Client browser

Windows Admin Center

Managed nodes

User request DATACENTER Lightweight & fast deployment MANAGEMENT DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Manage multiple environments

https://WACgateway. https://WACgateway. https://WACgateway. environmentA.com environmentB.com environmentC.com DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Manage servers anywhere

Internet

On-Premises DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Protection at two layers

Secure access to Windows Admin Center • HTTPS communication 1 • Active Directory & local groups • Multi-factor authentication & conditional access with Azure Active Directory

Secure access to managed servers 2 • Role-based access control (RBAC) • Delegation for single sign-on • Local administrator password solution (LAPS) DATACENTER MANAGEMENT

How Does it look?

Demo DATACENTER MANAGEMENT All your servers & clusters All your tools

Windows Server (SAC) 2019 R2 Overview Registry Windows Server 2012 Certificates Remote Desktop Windows Server 2008 R2 Devices Roles and Features Events Scheduled Tasks Files Services Firewall Storage Local Users and Groups Storage Replica Network Updates PowerShell Virtual Machines Processes Virtual Switches DATACENTER Troubleshooting, configuration, and MANAGEMENT maintenance

Overview Remote Desktop Overview Dashboard Apps & Features Roles & Features Disks Virtual Machines Certificates Scheduled Tasks Networks Virtual Switches Devices Services Overview Servers Events Storage Settings Volumes Files Storage Migration Service Virtual Machines Drives Firewall Storage Replica Virtual Switches Virtual Networks Local Users & Groups System Insights SDN Monitoring Networks Updates Settings PowerShell Virtual Machines Processes Virtual Switches Registry Settings DATACENTER MANAGEMENT

Feature tour

Demo DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Extensibility

Windows Admin Center is a platform and extensibility has been built in from the beginning

Working with partners to build out ecosystem of solutions and tools

Information about the SDK is available from Windows Admin Center documentation site.

SDK download available on GitHub DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Third-party extentions

• Lenovo – xClarity • Squared Up – Server Perspective for SCOM • DataON – MUST – Hyper converged admin • Fujitsu – ServerView Health • More coming... DATACENTER MANAGEMENT

Extensions

Demo DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Windows Admin Center 1904

• Shared Connections • AD Directory, DNS, DHCP Tool • Dark Mode • Containers Tool • Azure Hybrid Services • Azure Monitor • Azure File Sync • +++++++ lot’s more • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Windows-Admin- Center-Blog/Windows-Admin-Center-1904-GA-update-is- now-available/ba-p/443407 DATACENTER MANAGEMENT What should you use WAC for?

Let me show you what i use in WAC when i do deployments DATACENTER MANAGEMENT DATACENTER MANAGEMENT

Thank’s for joining DATACENTER MANAGEMENT Next Session 13:30 – 14:30

Hardening Windows Server

Orin Thomas