Remote Server Administration Tools - Windows Server (2024)

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) toolsAD CS tools include the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online Responder Management snap-ins.√√Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) tools and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) toolsAD DS and AD LDS tools include the following tools:

- Active Directory Administrative Center
- Active Directory Domains and Trusts
- Active Directory Sites and Services
- Active Directory Users and Computers
- ADSI Edit
- Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell
- Tools such as

• DCPromo.exe
• LDP.exe
• NetDom.exe
• NTDSUtil.exe
• RepAdmin.exe
• DCDiag.exe
• DSACLs.exe
• DSAdd.exe
• DSDBUtil.exe
• DSMgmt.exe
• DSMod.exe
• DSMove.exe
• DSQuery.exe
• DSRm.exe
• GPFixup.exe
• KSetup.exe
• NlTest.exe
• NSLookup.exe
• W32tm.exe

√Best Practices AnalyzerBest Practices Analyzer cmdlets for Windows PowerShell√√BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration UtilitiesManage-bde, Windows PowerShell cmdlets for BitLocker, BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer for Active Directory√√DHCP Server toolsDHCP Server tools include the DHCP Management Console, the DHCP Server cmdlet module for Windows PowerShell, and the Netsh command-line tool.√√DirectAccess, Routing, and Remote Access- Routing and Remote Access management console
- Connection Manager Administration Kit console
- Remote Access provider for Windows PowerShell
- Web Application Proxy√√DNS Server toolsDNS Server tools include the DNS Manager snap-in, the DNS module for Windows PowerShell, and the Ddnscmd.exe command-line tool.√√Failover Clustering toolsFailover Clustering tools include Failover Cluster Manager, Failover Clusters (Windows PowerShell cmdlets), MSClus, Cluster.exe, Cluster-Aware Updating management console, Cluster-Aware Updating cmdlets for Windows PowerShell√√

GUI tools support Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2. Only PowerShell tools work in Windows Server 2012.

File Services toolsFile Services tools include the following tools:

- Share and Storage Management tools
- Distributed File System tools

• The DFS Management snap-in
• The Dfsradmin.exe, Dfsrdiag.exe, Dfscmd.exe, Dfsdiag.exe, and Dfsutil.exe command-line tools
• PowerShell modules for DFSN and DFSR

- File Server Resource Manager tools

• The File Server Resource Manager snap-in
• The Dirquota.exe, Filescrn.exe, and Storrept.exe command-line tools.

- Services for NFS Administration tools
- iSCSI management cmdlets for Windows PowerShell
- Work Folders Management tools√√

The Share and Storage Management snap-in is deprecated after the release of Windows Server 2016. Storage Replica is new in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, and won't work in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Group Policy Management toolsGroup Policy Management tools include Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.√√

Group Policy has some new features in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview that aren't available on older operating systems.

Hyper-V toolsHyper-V tools include the Hyper-V Manager snap-in and the Virtual Machine Connection remote access tool.Hyper-V tools aren't part of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10. These tools are available as part of Windows 10. You don't have to install RSAT to use the tools. The Hyper-V Manager console for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview doesn't support managing Hyper-V servers running Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2.Hyper-V in Windows 10 can manage Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2.IP Address Management (IPAM) Management toolsIP Address Management client console√

IPAM tools in Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 can't be used to manage IPAM running in Windows Server 2012 R2.

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IPAM tools in Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 can't be used to manage IPAM running in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Network Adapter Teaming, or NIC TeamingNIC Teaming management console√√Network ControllerNetwork Controller PowerShell moduleNot available√Network Load Balancing toolsNetwork Load Balancing tools include the Network Load Balancing Manager, Network Load Balancing Windows PowerShell cmdlets, and the NLB.exe and WLBS.exe command-line tools.√√Remote Desktop Services toolsRemote Desktop Services tools include:
- Remote Desktop snap-ins
- RD Gateway Manager
- tsgateway.msc
- RD Licensing Manager
- licmgr.exe
- RD Licensing Diagnoser
- lsdiag.msc

Use Server Manager to administer all other RDS role services except RD Gateway and RD Licensing.

√√Server for NIS toolsServer for NIS tools include an extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the Ypclear.exe command-line toolThese tools aren't available in RSAT for Windows 10 and later releases.Server ManagerServer Manager includes the Server Manager console.

Remote management with Server Manager is available in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2012.

√√Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Server toolsSMTP Server tools include the SMTP snap-in.These tools aren't available in RSAT for Windows 8 and later releases.Storage Explorer toolsStorage Explorer tools include the Storage Explorer snap-in.These tools aren't available in RSAT for Windows 8 and later releases.Storage Manager for Storage Area Network (SAN) toolsStorage Manager for SAN tools include the Storage Manager for SAN snap-in and the Provisionstorage.exe command-line tool.These tools aren't available in RSAT for Windows 8 and later releases.Volume ActivationManage Volume Activation, vmw.exe√√Windows System Resource Manager toolsWindows System Resource Manager tools include the Windows System Resource Manager snap-in and the Wsrmc.exe command-line tool.√

WSRM has been deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2. Tools for managing WSRM aren't available in RSAT for Windows 8.1 and later releases of RSAT.

Windows Server Update Services toolsWindows Server Update Services tools include the Windows Server Update Services snap-in, WSUS.msc, and PowerShell cmdlets.√√