This doesn’t cover things like using the MMC console for, Certificates and other tasks or being able to modify the Registry or view Events and other such tasks. Which leads to the problem I have with it, is that all it allows is RDP access. Unless no one has filled me in on the super secret awesome sauce, its a pretty simple and basic tool that only does one thing. I’ve used RDCMan in several environments. This includes a number of tools, products or services. Taking a step back for a moment to talk about broader management of a Windows environment. I would expect that to only increase, not decrease. There are features in Windows Server that you cannot do within Windows and the only way to do them is in Windows Admin Center. Windows Server 2019 includes brand new capabilities like System Insights, and the awesome Storage Migration Service. Time for a little reminder folks… All new GUI investments for Windows Server are in Windows Admin Center. To quote Jeff Woolsey Principal Program Manager, Azure Stack HCI/Windows Server/Hybrid Cloud. If you don’t believe me that Windows Admin Center is the current and future tool to use for management of Windows Servers. I was even called “out of touch.” What people are failing to understand is that Windows Admin Center is the tool to use, whether they like it or not. When Windows Admin Center was recommended as the alternative, it was largely met with scoffs. Recently there has been much consternation and complaining because RDCMan is depreciated and won’t be patched for a pretty big vulnerability. It comes at no additional cost beyond Windows and is ready to use in production. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing Windows servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure, as well as Windows 10 PCs.

In this post I’ll show you in depth, why you should replace RDCMan with Windows Admin Center.įor those of you not familiar with Windows Admin Center this is the description from the official page.

If you’ve followed me on twitter for a while you’ve known I’ve been a big fan of Windows Admin Center since it was called Project Honolulu.

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