Remote Server Administration Tools

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) are a group of management tools that enables IT
administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server from a computer that is
running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 8.
When you install RSAT on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10, all the tools are enabled
by default.
You can later choose to disable the tools by using Turn Windows features on or off in Control
Panel. RSAT for Windows 10 consists of the full complement of available management tools
including the following:
Table 1: Management tools in RSAT

Tool Description
Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Tools AD CS Tools include Certification Authority,
Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online
Responder Management snap-ins.
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools AD DS Tools and AD LDS Tools include Active
and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Directory Administrative Center, Active Directory
Services (AD LDS) Tools Domains and Trusts, Active Directory Sites and
Services, Active Directory Users and Computers,
ADSI Edit, Active Directory module for Windows
PowerShell, and 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, KtPass.
exe, NlTest.exe, NSLookup.exe, and W32tm.exe.
Best Practices Analyzer Best Practices Analyzer cmdlets for Windows
PowerShell
BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities Manage-bde, Windows PowerShell cmdlets for
BitLocker, and BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer
for Active Directory
Tool Description
DHCP Server Tools DHCP 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,
and Web Application Proxy
DNS Server Tools DNS Server Tools include the DNS Manager snap-
in, the DNS module for Windows PowerShell, and
the Ddnscmd.exe command line tool.
Failover Clustering Tools Failover Clustering Tools include Failover Cluster
Manager, Failover Clusters (Windows PowerShell
cmdlets), MSClus, Cluster.exe, Cluster-Aware
Updating management console, and Cluster-Aware
Updating cmdlets for Windows Power-
Shell.
File Services Tools File Services Tools include the following: Share and
Storage Management Tools, Distributed File
System Tools, File Server Resource Manager Tools,
Services for NFS Administration Tools, iSCSI
management cmdlets for Windows PowerShell;
Distributed File System Tools Distributed File System Tools include the DFS
Management snap-in, and the Dfsradmin.exe,
Dfsrdiag. exe, Dfscmd.exe, Dfsdiag.exe, and
Dfsutil.exe command line tools and PowerShell
modules for Distributed File System Name Space
(DFSN) and Distributed File System Replication
(DFSR).
File Server Resource Manager Tools These include the File Server Resource Manager
snap-in and the Dirquota.exe, Filescrn.exe, and
Storrept.exe command line tools.
Group Policy Management Tools Group Policy Management Tools include Group
Policy Management Console, Group Policy
Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO
Editor.
Network Load Balancing Tools Network 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 Tools Remote Desktop Services Tools include the
Remote Desktop snap-ins, RD Gateway Manager,
tsgateway.msc, RD Licensing Manager, licmgr.exe,
RD Licensing Diagnoser, and lsdiag.msc. Use
Server Manager to administer all other RDS role
services except RD Gateway and RD Licensing.
Server Manager Server Manager includes the Server Manager
console.
Tool Description
SMTP Server Tools SMTP Server Tools include the Simple Mail
Transfer
Protocol (SMTP) snap-in
Windows System Resource Manager Tools Windows System Resource Manager Tools include
the Windows System Resource Manager snap-in
and the Wsrmc.exe command line tool.
Volume Activation Manages volume activation through the vmw.exe
file.
Windows Server Update Services Tools Windows Server Update Services Tools include the
Windows Server Update Services snap-in, WSUS.
msc, and PowerShell cmdlets