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Copper Contributor

Mar 31, 2021

Windows Admin Center Access Denied

Greetings, 2 days ago I installed WAC on my desktop Win 10 (1909). I was using Edge and added just a couple servers to monitor while I test this product. This morning I fired it up in Edge and right...

jpope3435

Copper Contributor

Apr 19, 2021

Prasidh_Arora @ImNotBob @Deargubel @NebulousBurrito @AndreasM1976 @--BF-- @Antonio_Filho @TinklemyFinkle

It looks like when running with a standard user account it does not have rights to make updates to the admin center as there seems to be some extensions that need to be updated.

To fix this problem, open up the console from a location that you can log in with an account that either has domain admin rights or admin rights on the server that is hosting the admin center. It will then do all the updates to the extensions needed. Once done, and it has reloaded, you can then open up the console on your normal desktop and should all start working again.

--BF--

Copper Contributor

Apr 19, 2021

jpope3435

Did as you suggested and it seems to be ok now.

Very odd behavior. One would think that launching WAC with a prv account that has local admins would solve this like any other product.

Thanks everyone for feedback and workaround.

--BF--
Copper Contributor
Apr 21, 2021
Well today is a new day and after firing up WAC, I'm greeting with the same issue again.

Perhaps I'm not looking at this correctly. Having to add my non-prv account to the admin group, log in, run WAC, remove my non-prv account from admin, log out, log back might be a feature?
- Prasidh_Arora
  Microsoft
  Apr 30, 2021
  ImNotBob Deargubel NebulousBurrito AndreasM1976 --BF-- Antonio_Filho TinklemyFinkle Thanks for reporting folks! We have a fix available: https://aka.ms/wac2103.2
  - --BF--
    Copper Contributor
    May 20, 2021
    So far so good....