You can grant access to users or other security groups by adding them as members of the role security groups.įor an enterprise-wide deployment on multiple machines, you can download the configuration script from the gateway and distribute it to your computers using a Desired State Configuration pull server, Azure Automation, or your preferred management tooling. When you set up role-based access control on an individual computer, local security groups are created to control access to each role. If you only have a few computers, you can easily apply the configuration individually to each computer using the role-based access control page in Windows Admin Center. The configuration process involves installing PowerShell scripts and a Just Enough Administration endpoint on the machine using Desired State Configuration. To leverage the temporary local accounts, each target machine needs to be configured to support role-based access control in Windows Admin Center. The following built-in extensions have reduced functionality when a user connects with limited access:Īt this time, you cannot create custom roles for your organization, but you can choose which users are granted access to each role.

This role is good for 'jump server' scenarios where you want to limit the management entry points on a machine.Īllows users to view information and settings on the server, but not make changes.Īllows users to make changes to Hyper-V virtual machines and switches, but limits other features to read-only access. Windows Admin Center supports the following end-user roles: Role nameĪllows users to use most of the features in Windows Admin Center without granting them access to Remote Desktop or PowerShell. Role-based access control is available for the Server Manager and Failover Cluster solutions.

Otherwise, Windows Admin Center will check if the user belongs to any of the pre-defined roles.Ī user is said to have limited access if they belong to a Windows Admin Center role but are not a full administrator.įinally, if the user is neither an administrator nor a member of a role, they will be denied access to manage the machine. If they are, they will receive the full Windows Admin Center experience with no restrictions. When a user connects to a machine configured with role-based access control, Windows Admin Center will first check if they are a local administrator. The temporary account is automatically removed when the user stops managing the machine through Windows Admin Center. This ensures that even tools which do not have their own delegation model can still be managed with Windows Admin Center. When a user connects to the restricted endpoint, a temporary local administrator account is created to manage the system on their behalf. This endpoint defines the roles, including what aspects of the system each role is allowed to manage and which users are assigned to the role. Role-based access control in Windows Admin Center works by configuring each managed server with a PowerShell Just Enough Administration endpoint. You can use role-based access control in Windows Admin Center to provide such users with limited access to the machine instead of making them full local administrators. However, some users may not need unrestricted access to the machine to perform their jobs. This allows them to connect to the machine remotely and ensures they have sufficient permissions to view and modify system settings. Role-based access controlīy default, users require full local administrator privileges on the machines they wish to manage using Windows Admin Center. Learn more about configuring conditional access with Azure Active Directory.

Conditional access and multi-factor authenticationīy requiring Azure AD authentication for the gateway, you can leverage additional security features like conditional access and multi-factor authentication provided by Azure AD. Configure smartcard authentication in Windows Admin Center. When using Active Directory or local machine groups as the identity provider, you can enforce smartcard authentication by requiring users who access Windows Admin Center to be a member of additional smartcard-based security groups.

Azure Active Directory as the identity provider for Windows Admin Center.

Gateway administrators can choose either of the following: If there are no access groups defined in Windows Admin Center, the roles will reflect the Windows account access to the gateway server.Ĭonfigure gateway user and administrator access in Windows Admin Center.

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