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RSAT Toolkits

I have been an advocate of using Server Core since… well, essentially since Microsoft introduced it in Windows Server 2008. I have also been a huge proponent of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) that can be installed in the client OS to remotely manage the non-GUI servers without having to become a PowerShell or CLI guru.

While I have written articles previously about installing individual RSAT tools, sometimes I just want to grab them all and install them in one fell swoop, rather than doing them one by one. To do this is pretty simple:

Open PowerShell as an Administrator.

Type the following: Get-WindowsCapability –Name RSAT* –Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

It will take a while… depending on the speed of your computer it may take a very long while! However that’s all you need to do. Let that run, and all of the RSAT tools will be installed.

Mitch Garvis

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7 responses to “RSAT Toolkits”

  1. shiacha Avatar
    shiacha

    Bump yourself up to a Vlog Mr. G. It would benefit you with your well rounded experience . . . and we’d all get to see and share them in Real Time.

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    Alden C. Sheremata.

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    1. Mitch Garvis Avatar
      Mitch Garvis

      Yeah, I have thought about it… but it’s a lot of work that I don’t have the time for these days…

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      1. Alden C. Sheremata Avatar
        Alden C. Sheremata

        You need someone out of many to Produce it and the Pizza. Just a stop short of coffee (forget that idea).

      2. Mitch Garvis Avatar
        Mitch Garvis

        Yeah… I only have to produce it… and write it, and film it, and make sure that everything is exactly right… and then publish, host, and market it. It’s a lot more work than you think.

  2. Alden C. Sheremata Avatar
    Alden C. Sheremata

    Why not? You only need someone to Produce it and the Pizza. Just a stop short of the coffee (forget that idea).

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  3. Alden C. Sheremata Avatar
    Alden C. Sheremata

    Well I am glad to see that you’ve given the matter some thought.

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    Alden C. Sheremata

    Well I am glad to see that you’ve given the matter some thought.

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