First published on on Sep 20, 2018
We’re excited to announce the GA release of the Windows Admin Center SDK! Windows Admin Center has been designed with extensibility in mind from the beginning, and with our SDK, you can integrate your own functionality into Windows Admin Center.
Extend Windows Admin Center to make it your own.
Build your own
tools
that integrate into Windows Admin Center’s existing server and cluster management views. Or, create your own
solution
that contains your own suite of tools. Tackle even more advanced scenarios by building a
gateway plugin
that is installed and works alongside your custom tools.
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Publish
your extension privately or publicly: With Windows Admin Center, distribute your extension privately inside your organization, or extend your reach by making your extension widely available within the Microsoft-supported extension feed.
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Leverage Windows Admin Center’s existing platform features for security and identity management in your extensions: Azure Activity Directory (Azure AD) & multi-factor authentication, Role-Based Access Control, and more.
Take advantage of rich development resources.
Our SDK
documentation
includes step-by-step instructions to help you prepare your development environment, and start creating your own extension. Sample code is embedded throughout our guides for building a tool, solution, and gateway plugin. A full
extension example
is available with numerous
control examples
. A
CLI
is available to jump-start your project in only a few steps. We’ve also provided an easy-to-use PowerPoint
design toolkit
to help you design and envision your extension before coding, using Windows Admin Center page templates and standard controls.
Develop with the web technologies you know and love.
Windows Admin Center is built with Angular and TypeScript, so you can build extensions with all the modern web technologies you already know: HTML5, CSS, jQuery, and NPM. Leverage our CLI and all the rich, powerful UI controls that are already built into the platform to build your extension quickly and easily.
Join the growing Windows Admin Center ecosystem.
The Windows Admin Center ecosystem continues to grow:
DataON
is releasing an all-new extension for HCI management.
Fujitsu’s
preview extension is now generally available.
Squared Up
provides unique monitoring capabilities based on SCOM.
Pure Storage
is releasing an extension for FlashArray management, and
QCT
’s extension visualizes hardware info and events. More partners are developing extensions and will be showcasing their progress at Ignite:
Cisco
,
HPE
,
Lenovo
,
NEC
, and
Riverbed
.