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Mandatory AccessKey parameter for Import-WACConnection Powershell cmdlet in 2410
Hello, I have recently updated to Admin Center 2410, needed to do a fresh install because I ran into some Ajax error 500 problems when I dried to updrade the existing installation. Now I had a script running one a week which fetched all AD computers and Clusters and imported them as shared connection. I have already figured that I need to use a different path to import the Microsoft.WindowsAdminCenter.ConnectionTools module, and that the syntax for Import-Connection is now Import-WACConnection. However, when trying to connect, the commandlet now has a mandatory AccessKey parameter. The help suggests: "-AccessKey <String> The access key to the endpoint for form login. The access key can be created from Advanced menu of Settings on Windows Admin Center UI." However, I cannot find that option in the UI, there is only "Advanced" in the Development section of the UI, and there is no option for generating an access key. P.S. I have installed WAC to use Kerberos integrated Windows Authentication. In the past, the Import-Connection CMDlet was also just using the credentials of the currently logged-on user. Thank you for your help, MarcMa-PoFeb 07, 2025Copper Contributor84Views0likes5CommentsHow do I create a new certificate for Windows Admin Center??
I just now observed that our internal WAC certificate was only two months old and it's already expired. Can I simply create and use our own self-signed certificate and use it?? Do I install it like normal certificates within the Certificates MMC and WAC will automagically use it?? Thank you, Tomtlyczko2Feb 06, 2025Copper Contributor88KViews0likes21CommentsInstallation of version 2410 not possible
Hello everyone! When I install the version described above, I always get this error message: "This installation package could not be opened. Have the application manufacturer verify that it is a valid Windows Installer package." With the preview version it was exactly the same. Server 2022 core, PS. The installation of version 2311 has been done, it works perfectly. Any idea...? Cheers RonJogoVogoFeb 04, 2025Copper Contributor80Views0likes2Comments[bug] The installation interface cannot be displayed normally
Installing Windows Admin Center 2410 version in Simplified Chinese system shows ????Windows Admin Center???? ????????????Windows Admin Center? Windows Admin Center??????? Web ????????????fenglindubuFeb 02, 2025Copper Contributor55Views0likes2CommentsWindows Admin Center 2410: cannot add computers
After a fresh installation of Windows Admin Center 2410, I cannot add any servers, clusters, PCs etc. WAC gives me "You can add this computer to your list of connections, but we can't confirm it's available" when I enter a computer name (either of FQDN or computer name alone). When I change to the Search Active Directory tab, I get: "We can’t search Active Directory because the Windows Admin Center computer isn’t joined to an Active Directory domain. It’s also possible that your account doesn’t have permission to read from Active Directory." The account I use is a domain admin, and the server running WAC is definitely joined to the AD DS. The server had the previous version of WAC installed where everything worked. Now, with the new version, that's no longer the case...ahinterlJan 31, 2025Copper Contributor1.7KViews6likes13CommentsWindows Admin Center v2.4 will not use SAN Cert
Hello, We've noticed an issue with the new Windows Admin Center Modernized Gateway (v2.4) and SAN certificates, at least in our environment. All of our servers get an autoenroll computer certificate (hostname.domainname.com) -- it only uses a common name, and has no subject alternative names. For webservers, we generate an additional certificate with subject alternative names, so that web browsers do not report an insecure https website. Windows Admin Center v2.4 does not seem to work with these certificates. When installing WAC and selecting the correct SAN certificate in the "Custom Setup" or even setting the certificate manually using Set-WACCertificateSubjectName -Thumbprint 'thumbprintofcert' the website will only use the autoenroll certificate. I deleted the autoenroll certificate from the machine, and tried setting the certificate to the SAN cert and the site will not even load. As soon as I forced a gpupdate /force to get a new autoenroll computer certificate and it will use that one, but never the SAN cert. Just in case it was the subject name of the cert, I generated a new SAN cert with a completely different name from the autoenroll cert: WAC.domainname.com instead of APP-WAC01.domain.com. I then used the Set-WACCertificateSubjectName -Thumbprint and verified that it was using the new SAN cert by running Get-WACCertificateSubjectName and it showed that it was using the WAC.domainname.com certificate. Website would not load at all. So I don't know if it has issues with SAN certs, or anything other than an autoenroll certificate with only a common name, but nothing works. If Windows Admin Center Modernized Gateway still used IIS, we'd be able to get IIS to use the SAN cert like the previous version of Windows Admin Center. Is this a known issue? Anyone else having issues with SAN certs? -JSolvedrmoatJan 30, 2025Brass Contributor133Views0likes4CommentsError when trying to add AD group to Gateway Access
Windows Admin Center version: 2.4.0 is running on a fully updated Server 2022 platform. WAC is up to date. I am accessing our WAC instance directly on the server that is hosting it. When I attempt to add an AD group using the format domain\group_name to the Gateway Users group, I receive the following error. Error: System.DirectoryServices.Protocols is not supported on this platform. Prior to upgrading to V2, this was not a problem as there are some domain groups already in place. For implementing RBAC, we kind of need this feature.jbaker1963Jan 29, 2025Copper Contributor130Views1like4CommentsCan't connect to WAC Gateway server - "Requested HTTP URL was not available"
v2211 I'm setting up WAC Gateway on a WS2019 server. Seems I can connect to all servers and desktops from it, except the gateway server itself. When I do, I get this message: "Connecting to remote server <server.domain.local> failed with the following error message : The WinRM client sent a request to an HTTP server and got a response saying the requested HTTP URL was not available. This is usually returned by a HTTP server that does not support the WS-Management protocol. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic." FWIW, I can establish a remote PS session against the gateway server from another domain member. Ran WinRM QuickConfig against the gateway server, no change. Not sure what other information to provide, but output from winrm get winrm/config/service follows, if that's useful-- PS C:\Windows\system32> winrm get winrm/config/service Service RootSDDL = O:NSG:BAD:P(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GR;;;IU)S:P(AU;FA;GA;;;WD)(AU;SA;GXGW;;;WD) MaxConcurrentOperations = 4294967295 MaxConcurrentOperationsPerUser = 1500 EnumerationTimeoutms = 240000 MaxConnections = 300 MaxPacketRetrievalTimeSeconds = 120 AllowUnencrypted = false Auth Basic = false Kerberos = true Negotiate = true Certificate = false CredSSP = false CbtHardeningLevel = Relaxed DefaultPorts HTTP = 5985 HTTPS = 5986 IPv4Filter = 192.168.254.1-192.168.254.254 [Source="GPO"] IPv6Filter [Source="GPO"] EnableCompatibilityHttpListener = false EnableCompatibilityHttpsListener = false CertificateThumbprint AllowRemoteAccess = true [Source="GPO"]JRVcrJan 24, 2025Copper Contributor1.5KViews0likes5CommentsWindows Admin Center S2D Failover Cluster failure network
Hello, i will configure a new S2D Failover Cluster over WAC. On network i sea a message "one ore more deactivated network adapter founded" but i cant found deactivated networkadapter. We have 2 servers with 3 dual networkcard and on the servers i cant found a problem. any idea?NippiJan 19, 2025Copper Contributor35Views0likes3Comments
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