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How to Install RSAT Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows Server 2016/2019/2022

October 18, 2023
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What is RSAT?

RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is a set of Windows packages available for server management. It was originally released by Microsoft for Windows Vista SP1 users.

It helps Administrators to remotely manage roles and features of Windows Server such as Group Policy Management editor, Active Directory users and Computers etc… from your local machine running Windows 10/11 or Windows Server.

You can install RSAT only on Professional or Enterprise edition of the Windows client operating system. Check here for more details on Remote Server Administration Tools.

List of RSAT Windows Server Components

Run following PowerShell command to see list of available RSAT tools. You can see the State is NotPresent, it means the tools have not been installed. You can find a complete list and details on Microsoft’s website.

Get-WindowsFeature -Name RSAT*

Install RSAT using Server Manager

These steps work for Server 2016, 2019, and 2022.

1️⃣ Open the Server Manager and click on Add roles and features.

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2️⃣ Click Next => Select Role-based or featured-based installation and click Next.

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3️⃣ Select your server and click Next.

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4️⃣ For server roles click Next to skip this page. (We are not adding any server roles).

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5️⃣ For features scroll down to Remote Server Administration Tools). Select the tools you want to install and click Next.

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6️⃣ Confirm the selections and click Install.

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7️⃣ When the installation is complete the tool can be accessed from Start -> Windows Administration Tools.

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Or you can check the tools have been installed using the below PowerShell command:

Get-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT*' | Where-Object {$_.Installed -eq 'True'}
Display Name                                            Name                       Install State
------------                                            ----                       -------------
[X] Remote Server Administration Tools                  RSAT                           Installed
    [X] Role Administration Tools                       RSAT-Role-Tools                Installed
        [X] AD DS and AD LDS Tools                      RSAT-AD-Tools                  Installed
            [X] Active Directory module for Windows ... RSAT-AD-PowerShell             Installed
            [X] AD DS Tools                             RSAT-ADDS                      Installed
                [X] Active Directory Administrative ... RSAT-AD-AdminCenter            Installed
                [X] AD DS Snap-Ins and Command-Line ... RSAT-ADDS-Tools                Installed
            [X] AD LDS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools  RSAT-ADLDS                     Installed

Install RSAT using PowerShell on Windows Server

Alternatively, you can install RSAT using PowerShell automatically. You can install individual RSAT tools or all of them using PowerShell.

1️⃣ Check what RSAT tools you installed using this command:

Get-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT*' | Select Name, InstallState, DisplayName
Name                                         InstallState DisplayName
----                                         ------------ -----------
RSAT                                            Installed Remote Server Administration Tools
RSAT-Feature-Tools                              Available Feature Administration Tools
RSAT-SMTP                                       Available SMTP Server Tools
RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker                    Available BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities
RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker-RemoteAdminTool    Available BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools
RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker-BdeAducExt         Available BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer
RSAT-Bits-Server                                Available BITS Server Extensions Tools
RSAT-DataCenterBridging-LLDP-Tools              Available DataCenterBridging LLDP Tools
RSAT-Clustering                                 Available Failover Clustering Tools
RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt                            Available Failover Cluster Management Tools
RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell                      Available Failover Cluster Module for Windows PowerShell
RSAT-Clustering-AutomationServer                Available Failover Cluster Automation Server
RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface                    Available Failover Cluster Command Interface
RSAT-NLB                                        Available Network Load Balancing Tools
RSAT-Shielded-VM-Tools                          Available Shielded VM Tools
RSAT-SNMP                                       Available SNMP Tools
RSAT-SMS                                        Available Storage Migration Service Tools
RSAT-Storage-Replica                            Available Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell
RSAT-System-Insights                            Available System Insights Module for Windows PowerShell
RSAT-WINS                                       Available WINS Server Tools
RSAT-Role-Tools                                 Installed Role Administration Tools
RSAT-AD-Tools                                   Installed AD DS and AD LDS Tools
RSAT-AD-PowerShell                              Installed Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell
RSAT-ADDS                                       Installed AD DS Tools
RSAT-AD-AdminCenter                             Installed Active Directory Administrative Center
RSAT-ADDS-Tools                                 Installed AD DS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools
RSAT-ADLDS                                      Installed AD LDS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools
RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools                              Available Hyper-V Management Tools
RSAT-RDS-Tools                                  Available Remote Desktop Services Tools
RSAT-RDS-Gateway                                Available Remote Desktop Gateway Tools
RSAT-RDS-Licensing-Diagnosis-UI                 Available Remote Desktop Licensing Diagnoser Tools
RSAT-ADCS                                       Available Active Directory Certificate Services Tools
RSAT-ADCS-Mgmt                                  Available Certification Authority Management Tools
RSAT-Online-Responder                           Available Online Responder Tools
RSAT-ADRMS                                      Available Active Directory Rights Management Services Tools
RSAT-DHCP                                       Available DHCP Server Tools
RSAT-DNS-Server                                 Available DNS Server Tools
RSAT-Fax                                        Available Fax Server Tools
RSAT-File-Services                              Available File Services Tools
RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con                               Available DFS Management Tools
RSAT-FSRM-Mgmt                                  Available File Server Resource Manager Tools
RSAT-NFS-Admin                                  Available Services for Network File System Management Tools
RSAT-NetworkController                          Available Network Controller Management Tools
RSAT-NPAS                                       Available Network Policy and Access Services Tools
RSAT-Print-Services                             Available Print and Document Services Tools
RSAT-RemoteAccess                               Available Remote Access Management Tools
RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt                          Available Remote Access GUI and Command-Line Tools
RSAT-RemoteAccess-PowerShell                    Available Remote Access module for Windows PowerShell
RSAT-VA-Tools                                   Available Volume Activation Tools

2️⃣ Once you have the list of the tools, you can install the specific tools as you need as follows. For example, we’re going to install the RSAT-ADDS-Tools:

Install-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT-ADDS-Tools' -IncludeAllSubFeature
PS C:\> Install-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT-ADDS-Tools' -IncludeAllSubFeature

Success Restart Needed Exit Code      Feature Result
------- -------------- ---------      --------------
True    No             NoChangeNeeded {}

To install all components of RSAT at once, run the below command:

Get-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT*' | Install-WindowsFeature -IncludeAllSubFeature

If you no longer need RSAT, you can uninstall or removal the RSAT components, you can use following command. The command will get the list of installed RSAT component, put in into a pine then remove them using PowerShell loop.

Get-WindowsFeature -Name 'RSAT*' | Where-Object {$_.Installed -eq 'True'} | Foreach {
    Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name $_.Name
}

The 0x800f0954 error, or missing RSAT option in the optional features, is most likely caused if we configure our machine to receive updates from a different source besides Windows Update. For example, it can be the internal Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) software update server.

To bypass this, run the below script to temporary disable WSUS to install RSAT. Don’t worry about it, the WSUS configuration would be changed to internal update server when GPO is applied.

$regWU = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU"
$curWU = Get-ItemProperty -Path $regWU -Name "UseWUServer" | select -ExpandProperty UseWUServer

Set-ItemProperty -Path $regWU -Name "UseWUServer" -Value 0

Restart-Service wuauserv

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regWU -Name "UseWUServer" -Value $curWU

Restart-Service wuauserv -Force

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