Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) is a set of tools designed to allow remote desktop management of a Windows Server environment and is an updated version of what was called ADMINPAK.MSI available on Windows Server 2003RSAT includes the following tools which can be used to manage Windows Server 2008 servers:

• Active Directory Certificate Services 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
• Network Policy and Access Services Tools
• Terminal Services Tools
• Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools

• BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools
• Failover Clustering Tools
• Group Policy Management Tools
• Network Load Balancing Tools
• SMTP Server Tools
• Storage Manager for SANs Tools
• Windows System Resource Manager Tools

And these tools also fully supported managing Windows Server 2003 servers:

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools
• Active Directory Certification Authority Tools
• DHCP Server Tools
• DNS Server Tools
• Terminal Services Tools
• Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools
• Group Policy Management Tools
• Network Load Balancing Tools

RSAT can be downloaded from the Microsoft web site using one of the following links:

• Remote Server Administration Tools (x86)
• Remote Server Administration Tools (x64)

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