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How To Install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)

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How To Install RSAT Tools

  • Click the Start icon to open the Start menu

  • Click the Settings icon to open the Settings menu

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  • Click on Apps

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  • Click Optional features

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  • Click Add a feature

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  • Scroll down the list of optional features until you find the RSAT features. Select whichever RSAT features you want to add, then click Install

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  • After clicking Install, you will see the status of each RSAT feature being installed

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  • Once the tools have finished installing, you'll be able to access them through the Start menu in the Windows Administrative Tools folder

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How To Install RSAT Using PowerShell

List All RSAT Features And The Installed State

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT*-Online |Select-Object-Property DisplayName, State
 
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As you can see from this screenshot, this machine already has a few RSAT features installed.

Installing RSAT Feature By Name

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name "Tool.Name"

ReplaceTool.Namewith the name of the RSAT feature you want to install.

 

Here is a list of all of the RSAT Tools with their proper PowerShell names.

Display Name Name
Active Directory Domain Services and Lightweight Directory Services Tools Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Active Directory Certificate Services Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DHCP Server Tools Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DNS Server Tools Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Failover Clustering Tools Rsat.FailoverCluster.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
File Services Tools Rsat.FileServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Group Policy Management Tools Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
IP Address Management (IPAM) Client Rsat.IPAM.Client.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Data Center Bridging LLDP Tools Rsat.LLDP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Network Controller Management Tools Rsat.NetworkController.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Network Load Balancing Tools Rsat.NetworkLoadBalancing.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Remote Access Management Tools Rsat.RemoteAccess.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Remote Desktop Services Tools Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Server Manager Rsat.ServerManager.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Shielded VM Tools Rsat.Shielded.VM.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Storage Migration Service Management Tools Rsat.StorageMigrationService.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
System Insights Module for Windows PowerShell Rsat.SystemInsights.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Volume Activation Tools Rsat.VolumeActivation.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
Windows Server Update Services Tools Rsat.WSUS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

For example, if you wanted to install Remote Desktop Service Tools, you would run this command:

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name "Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0"

 

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