Your new Windows Admin Center experience for virtualization infrastructure
Updated Feb 02, 2026
Version 1.0Please note that, at the time of writing and until further notice from Microsoft;
Download aMode: aka.ms/WACDownload / Download vMode: https://aka.ms/WACDownloadvMode
vMode is intended to manage Windows Server based clusters.
aMode (on-premises / and through Azure Extention) offer limited* support for Azure Local operations.
*Features and Limitations of Windows Admin Center (Azure Extension)
vMode is intended to manage Windows Server based Virtualization clusters. If it's not used to run virtualization, it doesn't belong in vMode.