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title: What type of installation is right for you
description: This topic describes the different installation options for Windows Admin Center, including installing on a Windows 10 PC or a Windows server for use by multiple admins.
description: This topic describes the different installation options for Windows Admin Center, including installing on a Windows Client or a Windows server for use by multiple admins.
ms.topic: article
author: nwashburn-ms
ms.author: niwashbu
ms.date: 12/11/2019
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# What type of installation is right for you?

This topic describes the different installation options for Windows Admin Center, including installing on a Windows 10 PC or a Windows server for use by multiple admins. To install Windows Admin Center on a VM in Azure, see [Deploy Windows Admin Center in Azure](../azure/deploy-wac-in-azure.md).
This topic describes the different installation options for Windows Admin Center, including installing on a Windows Client or a Windows server for use by multiple admins. To install Windows Admin Center on a VM in Azure, see [Deploy Windows Admin Center in Azure](../azure/deploy-wac-in-azure.md).

We don’t recommend using Windows Admin Center for local management of the same server on which it’s installed. To manage a server, use Windows Admin Center to connect to the server remotely from a management PC or other server.

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| Local client | Gateway server | Managed server | Failover cluster |
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| [Install](../deploy/install.md) on a local Windows 10 client that has connectivity to the managed servers. Great for quick start, testing, ad-hoc or small scale scenarios. |[Install](../deploy/install.md) on a designated gateway server and access from any client browser with connectivity to the gateway server. Great for large-scale scenarios. | [Install](../deploy/install.md) directly on a managed server for the purpose of remotely managing the server or a cluster in which it's a member node. Great for distributed scenarios. | [Deploy](#high-availability) in a failover cluster to enable high availability of the gateway service. Great for production environments to ensure resiliency of your management service. |
| [Install](../deploy/install.md) on a local Windows Client that has connectivity to the managed servers. Great for quick start, testing, ad-hoc or small scale scenarios. |[Install](../deploy/install.md) on a designated gateway server and access from any client browser with connectivity to the gateway server. Great for large-scale scenarios. | [Install](../deploy/install.md) directly on a managed server for the purpose of remotely managing the server or a cluster in which it's a member node. Great for distributed scenarios. | [Deploy](#high-availability) in a failover cluster to enable high availability of the gateway service. Great for production environments to ensure resiliency of your management service. |

## Installation: Supported operating systems

You can **install** Windows Admin Center on the following Windows operating systems:

| **Platform** | **Installation mode** |
| -----------------------------------| --------------------- |
| Windows 10 | Local client |
| Windows Client | Local client |
| Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel | Gateway sever, managed server, failover cluster |
| Windows Server 2016 | Gateway sever, managed server, failover cluster |
| Windows Server 2019 | Gateway sever, managed server, failover cluster |
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## Installation: Supported web browsers

Microsoft Edge (including [Microsoft Edge insider](https://microsoftedgeinsider.com)) and Google Chrome are tested and supported on Windows 10. Other web browsers—including Internet Explorer and Firefox—are not currently part of our test matrix and are therefore not *officially* supported. These browsers may have problems running Windows Admin Center. For example, Firefox has it’s own certificate store, so you must import the `Windows Admin Center Client` certificate into Firefox to use Windows Admin Center on Windows 10. For more details, see [browser-specific known issues](../support/known-issues.md#browser-specific-issues).
Microsoft Edge (including [Microsoft Edge insider](https://microsoftedgeinsider.com)) and Google Chrome are tested and supported on a Windows Client. Other web browsers—including Internet Explorer and Firefox—are not currently part of our test matrix and are therefore not *officially* supported. These browsers may have problems running Windows Admin Center. For example, Firefox has it’s own certificate store, so you must import the `Windows Admin Center Client` certificate into Firefox to use Windows Admin Center on a Windows Client. For more details, see [browser-specific known issues](../support/known-issues.md#browser-specific-issues).

## Management target: Supported operating systems

You can **manage** the following Windows operating systems using Windows Admin Center:

| Version | Manage *node* via *Server Manager* | Manage via *Cluster Manager* |
| ------------------------- |--------------- | ----- |
| Windows 10 | Yes (via Computer Management) | N/A |
| Windows Client | Yes (via Computer Management) | N/A |
| Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2019 | Yes | Yes |
| Windows Server 2016 | Yes | Yes, with [latest cumulative update](../use/manage-hyper-converged.md#prepare-your-windows-server-2016-cluster-for-windows-admin-center) |
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