You have three servers named Server1, Server2, and Server3 that run Windows Server. The servers have the Hyper-V server role installed and are configured in a Storage Spaces Direct cluster named Clust

Windows Admin Center (WAC) offers direct integration with Azure Monitor, providing a streamlined experience to onboard Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) clusters and configure monitoring for their specific performance metrics and event logs. This allows for easy setup of alerts such as disk capacity, CPU, memory utilization, and critical cluster events directly from the management console.

While Azure Arc can connect on-premises servers to Azure, Windows Admin Center provides a more native and integrated pathway for configuring Azure Monitor specifically for Storage Spaces Direct clusters, making it the more efficient solution for this scenario.

Manually installing the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) is a legacy approach; Windows Admin Center offers a more modern and integrated solution for Azure Monitor integration with S2D clusters, typically leveraging the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA) implicitly or through its onboarding process.

Azure File Sync is a service for synchronizing on-premises file shares with Azure Files and is entirely unrelated to configuring Azure Monitor alerts for a Storage Spaces Direct cluster's performance and health.