Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) is live
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista with SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers running either a Server Core installation or the full installation option of Windows Server 2008. It provides similar functionality to Windows Server 2003 Administration Tools Pack.
As mentioned in the Group Policy Preferences session at Launch this morning, Today the RSAT went live and Released to Web
You can download from here:
· Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x86): https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FF6E897-23CE-4A36-B7FC-D52065DE9960
· Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1(x64): https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D647A60B-63FD-4AC5-9243-BD3C497D2BC5
The Hyper-V team also released their remote management tools.
Read the blog post here
Vista x64 Edition: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=450931F5-EBEC-4C0B-95BD-E3BA19D296B1&displaylang=en
Vista x86 Edition: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC3D09CC-3752-4934-B84C-905E78BE50A1&displaylang=en
What Is Included in RSAT?
This is the list of Windows Server 2008 administration tools which are included in RSAT:
Role Administration Tools:
· Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Tools
· Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools
· Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools
· DHCP Server Service Tools
· DNS Server Service Tools
· Shared Folders Tools
· Network Policy and Access Services Tools
· Terminal Services Tools
· Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools
Feature Administration Tools:
· BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools
· Fail-over Clustering Tools
· Group Policy Management Tools
· Network Load Balancing Tools
· SMTP Server Tools
· Storage Manager for SANs Tools
· Windows System Resource Manager Tools
The tools in the following list are fully supported managing Windows Server 2003 servers as well:
· Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools
· Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools
· Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Tools
· DHCP Server Tools
· DNS Server Tools
· Group Policy Management Tools
· Network Load Balancing Tools
· Terminal Services Tools
· Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools