To manage a single VM, instead use the Windows Admin Center functionality built into the Azure portal, as described in Use Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal). Under Settings, click Windows Admin Center (preview).This article describes how to manually deploy Windows Admin Center in an Azure VM for use in managing multiple Azure VMs.On the Overview page, make sure that the VM is running.In the list of VMs, click the VM you want to manage using WAC.In the Azure Portal, type virtual machines in the search box and then click Virtual machines in the search results.Check out Create a Virtual Machine in the Azure Cloud on Petri for more details on how to set up VMs in Azure. The first step is to make sure you have a VM provisioned in Azure and that it is running. But as I previously mentioned, that’s fine for testing but not recommended for production VMs.

How to Set Up Windows Admin Center in the Azure Portalįor simplicity, we’ll set up WAC in the Azure Portal to work with a single VM on its public IP address.

You can connect your management PC to an Azure virtual network using a Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN gateway. The best strategy is to connect using a private IP address in the VMs virtual network. Just like with Remote Desktop, Microsoft doesn’t recommend connecting to VMs using public IP addresses. The Azure WAC service doesn’t use a service tag at the moment. VM configuration must allow outbound Internet access or an outbound port rule allowing HTTPS traffic to the WAC service IP address. The VMs can be in any region but WAC isn’t supported in Azure China, Azure Government, or other non-public clouds. Servers must be running Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2016 with at least 3GB of memory. Microsoft has laid out the requirements for using WAC in the Azure Portal. WAC gives you better oversight of Windows Server VMs right from the Azure Portal. For instance, you could manage server files, certificates, and view events. But WAC in the Azure Portal lets administrators manage Windows Server VM guests at a more granular level. Prior to this update, it was only possible to manage VMs at the infrastructure level in the Azure Portal.

Microsoft announced at its recent Ignite conference that WAC in the Azure Portal in now available in public preview.

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