{"id":3393,"date":"2008-03-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/windowsserver\/2008\/03\/25\/rsat-download-today\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T17:00:00","slug":"rsat-download-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-server\/blog\/2008\/03\/25\/rsat-download-today\/","title":{"rendered":"RSAT: DOWNLOAD TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\">Announcing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista SP1!<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">Do you remember ADMINPAK.MSI? This has been a staple for many IT Admins for many years. RSAT is an update to ADMINPAK.MSI for the WS08 administration tools to run on Windows Vista with SP1 and includes the new Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) which adds functionality like search, filter, commenting, and most importantly, Group Policy Preferences. RSAT is the collection of Windows Server management tools provided to enable IT Professionals to manage their Windows Server infrastructure from their PCs running Windows Vista SP1. RSAT is available as a separate download rather than as part of another product. RSAT is available to all customers as part of a supplemental EULA to Windows Vista licenses.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" ?--><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\"><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-size:14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\">You can install RSAT from the following locations:<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><\/span><\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<span style=\"color:#1f497d;\"><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font:7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#1f497d;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=D647A60B-63FD-4AC5-9243-BD3C497D2BC5&amp;displaylang=en\">Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x64)<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;text-indent:-0.25in;margin:0 0 .0001pt .5in;\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol;\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font:7pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#1f497d;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=9FF6E897-23CE-4A36-B7FC-D52065DE9960&amp;displaylang=en\">Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with SP1 (x86)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><\/span><\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\">RSAT Questions and Answers<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why is Microsoft making these tools available?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Many IT professionals manage their servers from their own desktops. RSAT enables IT professionals to use the updated Windows Server 2008 management tools to manage their servers remotely from their own PCs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\"><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which operating systems does RSAT manage?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All RSAT tools manage Windows Server 2008 servers.\u00a0Certain RSAT tools also manage servers running Windows Server 2003. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\"><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is RSAT the next version of ADMINPAK.MSI?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Yes. As ADMINPAK.MSI provides IT professionals the ability to remotely manage their Windows Server 2003 servers, RSAT provides updated functionality for Windows Server management from PCs running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1. All tools within RSAT support the management of servers running Windows Server 2008; some of these tools also support the management of servers running Windows Server 2003, and thus can be considered a replacement for ADMINPAK.MSI.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\"><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">Q.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Will RSAT run on the version of Windows Vista with no service packs installed?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No.\u00a0 RSAT requires Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span 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style=\"font-family:Calibri;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Windows System Resource Manager Tools<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">The following list of tools are also fully supported managing Windows Server 2003 servers:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:0in 0in 0pt;\"><span 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