The following table describes the features and enhancements that are introduced with OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center 3.0.
Table 1. New features in OpenManage Integration with Microsoft Windows Admin Center 3.0
Functional area
Feature description
Summary of benefits
Prerequisites Check
Stand-alone prerequisites check helps to verify if the connection meets the requirements for monitoring and management operations.
For individual operations, OpenManage Integration extension automatically checks the prerequisites that are required and displays a report if any prerequisites fail.
This feature ensures server/cluster readiness and gives recommendations to fix issues before performing actual operations.
Azure Integration
For Hyper-V-based failover clusters, onboard Dell policies to Azure Arc from Windows Admin Center.
Supports onboarding of Dell Server Configuration Profile (SCP) policies for Failover clusters to Azure Arc, and then use these policies to monitor your Hyper-V-based failover clusters compliance status in Azure based on Dell recommended best practices.
New User Interface
UI has been revamped to include three menus:
View,
Nodes, and
Actions. View menu includes links to all features. Nodes includes node names. And Actions includes direct links to the feature actions users can perform.