

But also the back-end is quite different. The first thing that will hit you is that the WAC user interface is completely different from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC’s) incorporated in Windows Server itself. If you’re unsure on what management tool of Microsoft does what nowadays, I’d like to refer you to this excellent page in Microsoft Docs which prodivdes a brief explanation. First as a user of these products and later on, in connection with the product-teams even closely involved in the improvement of these products.


Ever since the start of System Center products at Microsoft, I was involved. So what is a guy like me doing with Windows Admin Center? Well, the management of systems in the datacenter and in all sorts of cloud environments has always been my cup of tea. All of which can be easily managed in Windows Admin Center for a simplified and sound hybrid-cloud experience.Now, you probably know that I’m focussing on Azure and all its’ goodness. Microsoft Azure Stack HCI from DataON takes the hybrid-cloud experience one step further, offering a Microsoft validated on-premises hyper-converged infrastructure solution with Azure Services that’s guaranteed to work. DataON offers a Microsoft validated hybrid-cloud solution called Azure Stack HCI, which This integrative and visual approach gives IT administrators the ability to run PowerShell commands through the GUI and manage core server functions, security, hyper-converged infrastructure and Azure Cloud, making it a power hybrid cloud management tool.

Windows Admin Center brings a new level of visibility and control to the Windows Server platform, and serves as a central command and management for key applications such as Hyper-V, Storage Spaces Direct, Storage Replica, Failover Cluster Manager, Azure File Sync, Windows Advanced Threat Defender Protection, third-party applications, and more.
