How to install RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools)

Published March 25, 2023 by Danny Moran

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Introduction

Learn how to install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows 11. In this example, I show you how to use the GUI to install RSAT, as well as the PowerShell commands needed to check which tools are already installed as well as how to install them using PowerShell.

How to install RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) video

How to install RSAT (GUI)

Go to the Setting app by pressing start and searching for Settings.
Select Apps on the left side.
Select Optional Features.
Select View features.
Type RSAT into the Find an available optional feature box.
Select the RSAT tools you want to install and press Next.
Confirm you have selected the correct optional features and then press Install to begin the installation.
Once the features have finished installing, you can search for the newly installed application in the start menu.

How to install RSAT (PowerShell)

How to view which RSAT Tools are installed

To view all the available RSAT tools and to find out which ones are already installed, run the following command:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property Name, DisplayName, State

How to install all RSAT tools

To install all available RSAT tools at once, run the following command:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

How to install individual RSAT tools

To install an individual RSAT tool, find the tool you want to install, and then run the below command:

RSAT: Active Directory Domain Services and Lightweight Directory Services Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: PowerShell module for Azure Stack HCI

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.AzureStack.HCI.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Active Directory Certificate Services Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: DHCP Server Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: DNS Server Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online

RSAT: Failover Clustering Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.FailoverCluster.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: File Services Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.FileServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Group Policy Management Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: IP Address Management (IPAM) Client

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.IPAM.Client.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Data Centre Bridging LLDP Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.LLDP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Network Controller Management Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.NetworkController.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Network Load Balancing Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.NetworkLoadBalancing.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Remote Access Management Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.RemoteAccess.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Remote Desktop Services Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Server Manager

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.ServerManager.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Storage Migration Service Management Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.StorageMigrationService.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: System Insights Module for Windows PowerShell

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.SystemInsights.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Volume Activation Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.VolumeActivation.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT: Windows Server Update Services Tools

Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.WSUS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online

RSAT install error when using WSUS

When using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), you can sometimes encounter an error when trying to install RSAT tools. This is because it is downloaded using the Windows Update service.

To get around this issue, you either need to:

Include the Feature on Demand updates within your WSUS server
Modify group policy to enable optional features to be downloaded from Windows Update directly, rather than WSUS
Run the below script to force the client to look directly to Windows Update, rather than WSUS and then revert it once RSAT is installed

To temporarily bypass the local WSUS server and download the RSAT tools straight from Microsoft’s Windows Update servers, you can do the following process:

Run the below command updating the UseWUServer key to 0. This tells the system to ignore the WSUS server and download the updates from Microsoft.

Stop-Service wuauserv
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name "UseWUServer" -Value 0
Start-Service wuauserv

Re-run the RSAT tools installations.

Run the below command updating the UseWUServer key to 1. This tells the system to get all updates from the local WSUS server and not Microsoft.

Stop-Service wuauserv
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name "UseWUServer" -Value 1
Start-Service wuauserv