Remote Server Administration Tools Released for Windows Vista SP1 (Hurray!)

Ned here - this is a quick post that can't wait for the Microsoft.com machine to spin up. :-)

The long-awaited Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) have been released for Windows Vista. These will allow administrators to use their Vista machines to manage their Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 infrastructure from the comforts of the cubicle. Come and get 'em.

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x86-based Systems
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ff6e897-23ce-4a36-b7fc-d52065de9960&DisplayLang=en

Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d647a60b-63fd-4ac5-9243-bd3c497d2bc5&DisplayLang=en

After you install this, open Control Panel and start Programs and Features. Click Turn Windows Features on or off then scroll down to the Remote Server Administration Tools. From there you can turn on everything, certain things, or... nothing. Your call, unlike the old ADMINPAK.MSI...

- Ned Pyle

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• Anonymous
  March 26, 2008
  PingBack from http://www.windows-vista.luiscorreia.com/remote-server-administration-tools-rsat-for-vista-sp1-released/

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  March 31, 2008
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  April 01, 2008
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  April 04, 2008
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• Anonymous
  April 08, 2008
  What happened to the WINS snap-in for the RSAT tools? It's there in the Windows Server 2008 version of the tools (as it was in the Admin Pak for XP.

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  April 08, 2008
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  April 10, 2008
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  April 11, 2008
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• Anonymous
  April 11, 2008
  You are preaching to the choir, unfortunately. If your school has a Premier contract with us (Academic or otherwise) I highly recommend you speak to your TAM about filing a Design Change Request. The more customers that ask for this functionality formally and with a solid business impact statement, the more likely it is to be added.

• Anonymous
  April 12, 2008
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• Anonymous
  July 16, 2008
  Played around with this a bit and figured out some steps to get a WINS snap-in functional on Vista (x86 version) for me.  First you'll need to gather up some files.   From a Windows Server 2008 X86 install with the WINS Server Tools, Administration Tools Feature installed you'll need the following files:  winsmgmt.msc and winssnap.dll.mui. From a Windows XP X86 system with the Windows 2003 R2 AdminPack Tools installed you will need WINSSNAP.DLL (the one from 2008 will not work). On your Vista management station in %systemroot%system32, place:

1. a copy of winsmgmt.msc
2. WINSSNAP.DLL In %systemroot%system32en-US, place:
3.  a copy of winsmgmt.msc
4.  winssnap.dll.mui Register WINSSNAP.dll using regsvr32 (must be run from an elevated command prompt) Create your shortcut to the snap-in (or copy from another system, making sure that you call the msc using the /s switch (%SystemRoot%system32winsmgmt.msc /s). All I can claim is that this worked for me.  If your Vista install is X64, then chances are you'd need to source the needed files from X64 2008 and X64 XP.  The msc and mui file in the en-US directory might not even be necessary, but I was using the way things were setup in 2008 as my guide, so I included them.

• Anonymous
  November 19, 2008
  We’ve been at this for over a year (since August 2007), with more than 100 posts (127 to be exact), so