Users Guide

Overview of OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center
Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center (OMIMSWAC) enables IT administrators to manage the
PowerEdge servers as hosts, Microsoft Failover Clusters created with PowerEdge servers, and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
created by using the Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) Ready Nodes. OMIMSWAC simplifies the tasks of IT administrators
by remotely managing the PowerEdge servers and clusters throughout their life cycle. For more information about the features and
benefits of OMIMSWAC, see the documentation at
Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
Key features of OMIMSWAC
• OMIMSWAC provides a simplified solution to IT administrators to efficiently manage the following:
• Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
• Azure Stack HCI created with Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes.
• Microsoft failover clusters created with Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
• A unified view of health, hardware, and firmware inventory information of the device components.
• Provides update compliance report of PowerEdge servers and clusters against update repository that is created with Dell EMC
Repository Manager (DRM).
• Provides notifications on availability of new update catalogs.
• View iDRAC information of PowerEdge servers. For out-of-band management, you can directly launch the iDRAC console from
Windows Admin Center.
• Availability of OMIMSWAC extension and documentation localized in English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and
Japanese languages.
Topics:
• Additional resources
Additional resources
Table 1. Additional resources
Document Description Availability
Dell EMC OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft
Windows Admin Center
Installation Guide
Provides information about installing and
configuring OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center.
1. Go to Dell.com/OpenManageManuals.
2. Select OpenManage Integration with
Microsoft Windows Admin Center.
3. Click DOCUMENTATION > MANUALS AND
DOCUMENTS to access these documents.
Dell EMC OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft
Windows Admin Center
Release Notes
Provides information about new features, known
issues and workarounds in OpenManage
Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin
Center .
Microsoft Windows Admin
Center documentation
For more information about using Microsoft
Windows Admin Center.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/
windows-admin-center
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