One possible solution to ensure that you can manage DC1 by using Windows Admin Center on SRV1 is to install Windows Admin Center on SRV1 and add DC1 as a managed server. Windows Admin Center is a web-based management tool that allows you to manage servers, clusters, Windows PCs, and Azure virtual machines (VMs) from a single interface. Here are the steps to install Windows Admin Center on SRV1 and add DC1 as a managed server:
On SRV1, open a web browser and go to the folder named \dc1.contoso.com\install. Download the Windows Admin Center installer file (WindowsAdminCenter.msi) and save it to a local folder, such as C:\Temp.
Run the Windows Admin Center installer file and follow the installation wizard. You can choose to install Windows Admin Center as a desktop app or as a service. For more information on how to install Windows Admin Center, see Install Windows Admin Center.
After the installation is complete, launch Windows Admin Center from the Start menu or the desktop shortcut. If you installed Windows Admin Center as a service, you can access it from a web browser by using the URL https://localhost:6516 or https:// :6516, where is the name or IP address of SRV1.
On the Windows Admin Center dashboard, click Add to add a new connection. Select Server as the connection type and enter the name or IP address of DC1 in the Server name field. Optionally, you can specify the display name, description, and tags for the connection. Click Submit to add DC1 as a managed server.
On the Windows Admin Center dashboard, you should see DC1 listed under the Servers section. Click on DC1 to open the server overview page. From here, you can manage various aspects of DC1, such as roles and features, certificates, devices, events, files, firewall, processes, registry, services, and more. For more information on how to use Windows Admin Center to manage servers, see Manage servers with Windows Admin Center.
Now, you can manage DC1 by using Windows Admin Center on SRV1. You can also add more servers or other types of connections to Windows Admin Center and manage them from the same interface