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Windows 10 RSAT Feature on Demand

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Windows 10 RSAT Feature on Demand

Microsoft just released a new Windows 10 Insider build (Build 17682), with a lot of improvements. However, a great new feature for IT Pros is that RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10) is now a feature on demand. You can now go to Windows Settings, Optional Features and select add features, where you then will see the different Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 or Windows 10 RSAT.

This means IT Pros do not need to manually download the RSAT tools to upgrade. This will safe most of us a lot of time.

What is RSAT

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 lets IT administrators manage Windows Server from a remote computer running the full release version of Windows 10.

How to Install Windows 10 RSAT

Install Windows 10 RSAT using PowerShell

As mentioned you can use the Windows 10 Settings and add the feature using the UI, but you are also available using PowerShell.


# List available RSAT Tools
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'RSAT*

# Install RSAT Tool
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

This feature is currently only available in the Windows 10 Insider builds and is likely to be rolled out to everyone with Windows 10 1809 later this year.

4 responses

  1. Martin Feuerstein Avatar
    Martin Feuerstein

    Is it possible to download the cab files manually? I’d like to enable the RSAT features offline similiar to the .NET 3.5 feature.

    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar

      You can find more information about the installation, here under details https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45520

  2. Martin Feuerstein Avatar
    Martin Feuerstein

    Finally there’s a solution for offline installation… if you are a customer with MSDN or VLSC account. See here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus/2015/08/31/adding-features-including-net-3-5-to-windows-10/

    In VLSC it’s called “VDA 10 Features on Demand”, „Windows 10 Professional Features on Demand“, „Windows 10 Enterprise Features on Demand“ and „Windows 10 Education Features on Demand“.

  3. Lars Panzerbjørn Avatar
    Lars Panzerbjørn

    Wow… This is absolute insanity that MS would completely break such basic Windows functionality.

    It is no wonder that there’s a growing mistrust of Windows updates again.

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