We now provide cloud capabilities that were once only available to Windows Admin Center users on-premises. Beyond a consistent interface, you can manage your files, view expired certificates, monitor performance, view critical events, use PowerShell, use an in-browser RDP session, and much more without leaving the Azure portal. You can now configure, troubleshoot, and perform maintenance tasks with the same Windows Admin Center UI that you know and love. We expect this to reduce the need for you to remote desktop into your virtual machine for administration improving your experience as you deploy and maintain virtual machines with or without a GUI. With the addition of Windows Admin Center, we have supplemented this great management experience with additional opportunities such as an enhanced view of virtual machine usage, performance monitoring, viewing of events, and much more. By default, the Azure portal provides a singular view for virtual machine management and the essential elements to manage your infrastructure. Windows Admin Center in Azure unlocks incredible capabilities for the Azure portal by providing you with an interface to manage your Windows Server virtual machines. Get the job done with simplicity and convenience

Here is a short video highlighting some of the capabilities included with Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal. Windows Admin Center, your favorite server management tool, is now available in preview in Azure. This new capability enables seamless and granular management of your Windows Server Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) from within the Azure portal.

This post was authored by Hari Pulapaka, Partner Group Program Manager, Windows

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