
I would suggest ticking the ‘Redirect HTTP port 80 traffic to HTTPS’ option if you have nothing on the server using port 80 already. You can choose to use a self-signed certificate or use one you already have. Depending on your setup, you can either leave the default port of 443 or change it to something not usually used, E.G 6517. The next page will give you options to configure.

This is on by default and should probably be left on to avoid any issues later on. Also, you cannot install the program on a Domain Controller.ĭownload the installer and run through the setup, press next until you reach the option ‘Allow Windows Admin Centre to modify this machine’s trusted hosts settings’. Firstly, you can only install the Admin Centre on Windows 10, Server 2016 or Server 2019. The installer is very simple, but there are a couple of things that you need to be aware of. You also have access to services, scheduled tasks and the registry. The tool can be used to accomplish many tasks in one place, including: add and remove roles and features, install Windows updates, view events and files and even open a Powershell window in the browser. The servers were hardened to CIS standards and I disabled the parts that was affecting it.Īt the moment these are the changes I made.Windows Admin Centre is a very powerful tool that can be used to control Windows servers and Windows 10 PCs from a webpage. If I do not log in again within 60 seconds everything gets closed and I lose What is happening is the moment I close it and I log in again (within 60 seconds) all is well.

Now I need the session to stay open even after closing the Remote Desktop Client. The GPO settings were changed and you can now stay active on the server as long as your RDP session remains open even if you are idle. The problem initially was when the user was idle for too long he would get disconnected.

We are running Windows Server 2016 Version 1607 on some of our servers and we have some monitoring tools to run, but we need it running for about 3 to 5 days.
