aid: microsoft-windows-server
name: Microsoft Windows Server
description: APIs and integration points for Microsoft Windows Server operating system including management, networking, storage,
  virtualization, security, and remote administration capabilities for enterprise server infrastructure.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://www.microsoft.com/windows-server
tags:
- Datacenter
- Enterprise
- Infrastructure
- Microsoft
- Operating System
- Server Management
- Windows Server
- Windows Server 2025
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- name: Windows Server Management API
  description: PowerShell and WMI-based management APIs for Windows Server administration.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Management
  - PowerShell
  - WMI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/windows/get-started
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
    url: https://support.microsoft.com
- name: Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
  description: WS-Management protocol implementation for remote management of Windows servers using SOAP-based web services
    for configuration and operations.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/winrm/portal
  baseURL: http://localhost:5985
  tags:
  - PowerShell Remoting
  - Remote Management
  - SOAP
  - WS-Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/winrm/windows-remote-management-portal
- name: Active Directory Domain Services API
  description: LDAP and REST APIs for Active Directory management and authentication.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/
  baseURL: ldap://localhost:389
  tags:
  - Active Directory
  - Authentication
  - Directory Services
  - LDAP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/ad/active-directory-domain-services
  - type: SDK
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.directoryservices
- name: Hyper-V Management API
  description: APIs for managing Hyper-V virtualization platform including virtual machines, virtual switches, and virtual
    storage.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Hyper-V
  - Virtual Machines
  - Virtualization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/virtualization/api/
- name: Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) API
  description: APIs for managing Windows updates across enterprise environments.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/
  baseURL: https://localhost:8530
  tags:
  - Patch Management
  - Updates
  - WSUS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/previous-versions/windows/desktop/aa354519(v=vs.85)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.updateservices.administration
- name: Windows Admin Center API
  description: Modern web-based management interface REST API for Windows Server that provides a gateway service for relaying
    commands and scripts to managed nodes.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/
  baseURL: https://localhost:6516
  tags:
  - Admin Center
  - Gateway
  - REST API
  - Web Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/extend/extensibility-overview
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Microsoft/windows-admin-center-sdk
- name: DNS Server Management API
  description: APIs for managing Windows DNS Server services.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/networking/dns/
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - DNS
  - Name Resolution
  - Networking
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/dnsserver/
- name: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) API
  description: Infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems providing COM, scripting,
    and .NET APIs for system administration and monitoring.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmi-start-page
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - COM
  - Management
  - Monitoring
  - Scripting
  - WMI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmi-start-page
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/com-api-for-wmi
- name: IIS Administration API
  description: REST API for managing Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers that enables configuration and monitoring
    from any HTTP client.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/
  baseURL: https://localhost:55539
  tags:
  - IIS
  - REST API
  - Web Management
  - Web Server
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis-administration/getting-started
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/IIS.Administration
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/iis-administration-api.yml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/iis-administration-application-pools.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/iis-administration-applications.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/iis-administration-web-sites.yaml
- name: Remote Desktop Services API
  description: Win32 API for managing Remote Desktop Services including session management, virtual channels, user configuration,
    and the Remote Desktop Protocol.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/termserv/terminal-services-portal
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - RDS
  - Remote Access
  - Remote Desktop
  - Terminal Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/termserv/terminal-services-portal
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/termserv/terminal-services-api-reference
- name: Failover Clustering API
  description: APIs for defining and managing software and hardware components on failover clusters to increase application
    scalability and availability.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/failover-clustering-overview
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Cluster Management
  - Failover Clustering
  - High Availability
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/failover-clustering-overview
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/mscs/failover-cluster-apis-portal
- name: DHCP Server Management API
  description: APIs and PowerShell cmdlets for managing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server services including leases,
    reservations, and scopes.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/dhcp/dhcp-deploy-wps
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - DHCP
  - IP Address Management
  - Networking
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/dhcp/dhcp-server-management-api
- name: SMB File Server API
  description: Server Message Block protocol APIs and WMI management classes for managing file shares, share access, and network
    file sharing across Windows Server environments.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/file-server-smb-overview
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - File Sharing
  - Network Storage
  - SMB
  - Storage
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/file-server-smb-overview
- name: Windows Event Log API
  description: API for instrumenting, querying, and consuming event logs on Windows Server for diagnostics, monitoring, and
    auditing.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Diagnostics
  - Event Log
  - Logging
  - Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log-reference
- name: Storage Spaces Direct API
  description: APIs and PowerShell management for software-defined storage enabling clustering of servers with internal storage
    for hyper-converged infrastructure.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Hyper-Converged
  - Software-Defined Storage
  - Storage
  - Storage Spaces Direct
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview
- name: Network Policy Server (NPS) RADIUS API
  description: Network Policy Server providing centralized RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting for wireless,
    VPN, and dial-up connections.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nps/nps-top
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Network Access
  - NPS
  - RADIUS
  - VPN
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nps/nps-top
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/windows-server
- type: Blog
  url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server/bg-p/WindowsServer
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-windows-server-2025
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs
- type: Security
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/tls/tls-ssl-schannel-ssp-overview
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Web Server Management
    description: REST API for managing IIS web sites, applications, and application pools with full CRUD operations and configuration
      management.
  - name: Active Directory Services
    description: LDAP and API-based management of directory services, user authentication, group policies, and domain controllers.
  - name: Hyper-V Virtualization
    description: Create, manage, and monitor virtual machines, virtual switches, and storage with PowerShell and WMI APIs.
  - name: Remote Server Administration
    description: Manage servers remotely through WinRM, PowerShell Remoting, Windows Admin Center, and Remote Desktop Services.
  - name: Failover Clustering
    description: High availability clustering with automatic failover for critical workloads including SQL Server, Hyper-V,
      and file servers.
  - name: Software-Defined Storage
    description: Storage Spaces Direct for hyper-converged infrastructure with pool management, tiering, and resilient storage
      volumes.
  - name: DNS and DHCP Services
    description: Network infrastructure services with APIs for DNS zone management and DHCP scope configuration.
  - name: Security and Compliance
    description: RADIUS authentication via NPS, TLS/SSL management, Windows Event Log auditing, and security policy enforcement.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Enterprise Web Hosting
    description: Deploy and manage web applications on IIS with automated site provisioning, SSL certificate management, and
      application pool isolation.
  - name: Infrastructure Automation
    description: Automate server provisioning, configuration management, and patch deployment using PowerShell, WMI, and REST
      APIs.
  - name: Hybrid Cloud Management
    description: Manage on-premises Windows Server infrastructure alongside Azure resources through Windows Admin Center and
      Azure Arc.
  - name: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
    description: Deploy and manage Remote Desktop Services for virtual desktop and application delivery to remote workers.
  - name: High Availability Deployments
    description: Configure failover clustering and storage replication for mission-critical applications requiring zero downtime.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Microsoft Azure
    description: Extend on-premises Windows Server to Azure with Azure Arc, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and hybrid
      networking.
  - name: System Center
    description: Enterprise management with System Center Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, and Virtual Machine Manager.
  - name: Microsoft Defender
    description: Integrated security with Microsoft Defender for Servers, threat detection, and vulnerability management.
  - name: Active Directory Federation Services
    description: Enable single sign-on and federated identity across on-premises and cloud applications with ADFS.
  - name: Azure Monitor
    description: Collect and analyze Windows Server performance metrics, logs, and diagnostics in Azure Monitor.
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Microsoft
- name: Two people looking at a computer.
- name: This is placeholder text for
- name: IDC
- name: Nationwide
- name: RSA company
- name: Teleperformance
- name: A woman smiling at a laptop
- name: A man holding a laptop.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com