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Davanna-White
Microsoft
MicrosoftYou're not the first to ask about a native app for Windows Admin Center, especially for the goal of better performance. Right now, we're currently focused on VM management performance, and our backend update to .NET Core has made Windows admin Center even faster. After the backend update becomes generally available, what other specific areas are you looking for us to improve performance in?
Microsoft tried the "web based" approach in the 90s and realized it was bad, so they invented MMC. MMC is extensible and highly configurable. You can make console files that contain only the tools you need, and even lock it down to share those console files with help desk staff, etc. It remains far superior to a webpage. No one would have been opposed to a web front end to MMC, but that's not what MS did.
Microsoft could have (should have) "modernized" the MMC platform instead of creating WAC. I've never met an IT pro who prefers WAC over MMC. I guess this is another case of MS missing/ignoring the needs of their customers. WAC has some cool features, but those could have been added to MMC.