Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Available For Windows 7 Beta
Ned here. For those testing Windows 7 administration capabilities, this is for you.
This is the list of Windows Server 2008 administration tools which are included in Win7 RSAT Client:
Server Administration Tools:
• Server Manager
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 Tools
• DNS Server Tools
• File Services Tools
• Hyper-V Tools
• Terminal Services Tools
Feature Administration Tools:
• BitLocker Password Recovery Viewer
• Failover Clustering Tools
• Group Policy Management Tools
• Network Load Balancing Tools
• SMTP Server Tools
• Storage Explorer Tools
• Storage Manager for SANs Tools
• Windows System Resource Manager Tools
If you need any kind of support, head on over to the TechNet forums or drop us a line here.
- Ned Pyle
Comments
Anonymous
January 12, 2009
PingBack from http://www.sevenforums.com/news/1837-remote-server-administration-tools-rsat.html#post17908Anonymous
January 12, 2009
I've got an issue with the Find button when using any of the ADS snapins with x64 Windows 7. I had to add the /64 switch to my shortcut for Active Directory Users and Computers just to get it to open, but now when I hit find, I crash MMC.exe. Any ideas? I can be reached at MBaran at princesscruises.com Matt Baran Server Support Analyst Princess CruisesAnonymous
January 12, 2009
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January 12, 2009
Windows 7 Technet build. Using x64 with the RSAT for Windows 7 x64. When I originally went to launch dsa.mmc, I would get C++ application errors, until I learned to launch mmc with the /64 command switch. When I click Find, It shadows out and gives me "Microsoft Management Console has encountered an error" It does generate an hdump file at the same time, if that's of any use..? I did do quite a bit of fiddling last week with the Vista RSAT kit (extracting it, placing files where they would go on a vista machine, etc..) but I would imagine that the RSAT for 7 installer would replace as necessary..Anonymous
January 12, 2009
So I removed the remnants of the Server2003 SP2 adminpak and rebooted, removed the windows7kb for rsat, rebooted. Reinstalled the W7 RSAT msu, only chose the AD stuff, and still, when I choose my domain, and hit Find, I get a lockup..Anonymous
January 12, 2009
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January 12, 2009
No, it was a fresh install, minus what I had tried to get working on Friday. Does the hdmp file contain anything useful in trying to determine why?Anonymous
January 12, 2009
It might - if you look at the data it might tell you which legacy file was loaded because the proper one was not selected (most likely scenario).Anonymous
January 12, 2009
Stupid me never checked the event log. The faulting module is prinutui.dll version 6.1.7000.0. I've stopped the spooler, but I'm not sure what printui is responsible for..Anonymous
January 12, 2009
It's the print settings user interface. The snap-in will load it when you click on FIND. Is yours version 6.01.7000.000, have a date of 12/13/08 and is 1,036,288 bytes?Anonymous
January 12, 2009
It is 6.01.7000.000, 1,036,288 bytes, but is from 12/12, but all of my system files are from 12/12, so I'm guessing this is correct. Weird..Anonymous
January 12, 2009
That may be a red herring anyways - i.e. another DLL being loaded is causing an access violation that involves the printui.dll (like that printui.dll loads another DLL, which causes printui.dll to crash, taking out the MMC), making him look like the cause, when he's really another victim. One thing you could try is using Process Monitor to see which DLL's are being loaded up during the crash, then examine those modules to mkae sure they are all 6.1 versioned and no 6.0 or 6.01.Anonymous
January 12, 2009
Checked it, everything looks bueno, Can't quite figure out what would cause the crash.. it does a good number of registry lookups, but nothing suspicious.Anonymous
January 13, 2009
One last thing to try would be to get a Process Monitor of a working system running Win7 and RSAT and just side-by-side them.Anonymous
January 15, 2009
I thought Windows Server 2008 R2 was supposed to be the definitive product name? Server Manager in RSAT displays Windows Server 7 however :)Anonymous
January 15, 2009
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January 16, 2009
Will the option to run ADUC or GPMC as a different user return? I noticed in Windows 7 holding down shift and right clicking exposes the "runas a different user" for most of the items I have installed but not this. I looked on the forums but found nothing of use.Anonymous
January 16, 2009
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January 16, 2009
And you know, I think that's a good idea for a default. I'll file a bug and see what shakes out...Anonymous
January 23, 2009
Running ADUC. Multi Selected 8 Users and tried to turn off the "User Must Change Password At Next Logon" flag and it doesn't have any effect (no error message returned). Changing other options such as "password never expires" does work within the multi select environment.Anonymous
January 23, 2009
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January 24, 2009
Thanks. I am extremely impressed with the quality and performance of Windows 7 and the RSAT tools. I dont think that even then the B3 of Vista was this stable. Looks like a lot of lessons have been learnt from the downsides of Vista and good to see that IT support proffessionals actually get the tools they need within the release cycle and not months after.Anonymous
January 27, 2009
I agree with wilfman regarding the Quality and stability of this Beta. Wow!, nice work. Ok enough of the accolades, on to bugs. I have tried to get the Terminal Services Tabs to appear in the DSA.MSC. I have followed the unsupported work around posted for Vista. I am unable to register the "tsuserex.dll". The error that I get is; "The module "tsuserex.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified procedure could not be found.' I have copied the files from my Windows 2008 Server and placed the .dll file in %systemroot%system32 and the .mui file in the %systemroot%system32en-us. Am I missing something? Also I am unable to install the "Additional Info" tab. The .dll file registers but the tab never shows up. If I can get these critical management tool sets to load I'll be able to move 100% of my admin tasks over to my Windows7 VM session and get rid of the XP VM. Regards, and again thanks for the hard work in this new version of the OS.Anonymous
January 27, 2009
oopps. tsuserex.dll file version is 6.0.6001.18000, size is 91.5KB tsuserex.dll.muiAnonymous
January 27, 2009
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January 30, 2009
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January 30, 2009
Thanks, I appreciate it. My iPhone is useless without iTunes and my DSA is useless without search! -Matt BaranAnonymous
January 30, 2009
I can pretty much guarantee you would not have this issue with a Windows Mobile smartphone. Plus you could get push mail... ;)Anonymous
January 30, 2009
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February 04, 2009
Along with someone else here, I've installed it all, but when I go to use ADU&C, if I right click on it, there's no choice for "Runas a different user" as there is for some items. This is something I REALLY need badly. Thank you, Dave/DChampAnonymous
February 04, 2009
It's because those snapins' shortcuts are run through shell association instead of an actual EXE. This has been bugged a while back and is under discussion. In the mean, change the shortcuts for your RSAT snapins to point to Target of MMC.EXE then the snapin. For example, for the ADSI Edit shortcut: mmc.exe %SystemRoot%system32adsiedit.mscAnonymous
February 24, 2009
Hey NedPyle, Putting MMC.exe in front of the shortcut works for the AD users and Computers and other tools in Windows 7 Beta, so I can use the run as tool for my admin account. Any idea if Vista SP2 will natively offer run as a different user? On my Vista Sp1 x64 machine, I have registered the Shell Run As utility from Sysinternals, and for the most part, some tools work. I still get errors when trying to use their utility to launch certain admin tools, and putting the MMC.exe in front of it doesn't work. I have posted about it here: http://forum.sysinternals.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=17519&PN=2 I am LE2 Strat on there. You Got any ideas on why this won't work on Vista SP1 x64?Anonymous
February 24, 2009
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March 01, 2009
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March 12, 2009
For anyone still having the issue with the "Find" dialog crash the mmc (because of printui.dll), I have just resolved that exact problem during a call to MS support. They found a specific group policy setting that was causing the issue when applied to our domain controller. It was "Computer Configuration" > "Administrative Templates" > "Printers” > “Pre-populate printer search location text”. When that setting was enabled and applied to a domain controller, that server would have the “AD Users and Computers” mmc crash when trying to open the find dialog. This was in Server 2008, but perhaps the issue you are having in Windows 7 beta is related to the same issue. I thought I should share this since this page is the first result in Google when searching for "find crashing mmc printui.dll". Hopefully it will save some of you the time I lost troubleshooting it.Anonymous
May 07, 2009
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May 07, 2009
A few questions:
- Are you having the same issue on the RC build of Win7.
- If #1 is true, are you using the RC version of RSAT?
- Do you have the problem with any other snapins, or just DSA.MSC?
- Anonymous
May 07, 2009
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