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Microsoft Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based application for managing Windows servers, clusters, and hyperconverged infrastructure. The Windows Admin Center gateway host manages target devices using agent-free Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) over Windows Remote Management (WinRM) and remote PowerShell communications. It is also extensible and can integrate Microsoft Azure services like Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery Manager, and Azure Monitor to augment or replace existing on-premises systems management tooling.
Dell Technologies has a long history of developing integrations into Microsoft System Center to simplify the monitoring, alerting, and management of hardware in the data center. The newest addition to the OpenManage suite of capabilities is Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center. The OpenManage Integration extension adds powerful features and functionality for monitoring and life cycle management of a Windows Server HCI cluster. The extension’s key benefits include the following: