Updated: November 10, 2023 (April 12, 2020)

Windows Server Management Tools

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Server Management Tools	Summary	Scenarios	Future Microsoft Investment
Classic Windows Server Management Tools	Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), and other locally installed management tools	Local and remote ad-hoc administration of individual servers	█
Windows Admin Center	Extensible browser-based management console	Local and remote ad-hoc administration of individual and clustered servers, and integration with Azure services	█ █ █ █
Windows PowerShell	Original PowerShell Platform for management and scripting	Ad-hoc administration tasks and script-based automation	█
PowerShell 7 (previously PowerShell Core)	Cross-platform open source release of PowerShell based on .NET Core	Ad-hoc administration tasks and script-based automation

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