How to install RSAT, a remote server management tool, in Windows Vista

Some things in life always follow the rules. Microsoft will continue to make decisions that disappoint all of us or provide solutions that shake everyone's head. If you runWindows VistaYou will surely shake your head and sigh. In many cases, you may feel frustrated because there is always no proper tool to manage the network and ActiveDirectory environments of WindowsServer2003 or WindowsServer2008. But now, with the latest releaseRemote Server Management Tool RSATUsers will not be disappointed.

This article introduces the features and installation steps of the remote server management tool RSAT, as well as some Tools Applicable to WindowsVista in the remote server management tool RSAT.

Why do we need the remote server management tool RSAT?

If you are using Windows Vista as your "Management Desktop", you need to install and run the remote server management tool RSAT to manage ActiveDirectory, network services, GroupPolicy, and so on. This is because Windows Vista does not have similar management tools to manage various operations.

However, this cannot be completely said. Microsoft decided to include the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) into the Windows Vista operating system. If this is the case, you may wonder why there is no GPMC shadow in Windows vistasp1 ?! This is because GPMC has been removed when you install WindowsVistaSP1. This was decided by the GroupPolicy team to enable all Vista computers to install the brand new GPMC-attached to the RSAT tool installation package of the remote server management tool.

The remote server management tool RSAT is installed with the following tools:

ActiveDirectory domain service (ADDS) Tool

ActiveDirectory Lightweight Directory Service (ADLDS) Tool

ActiveDirectory certificate verification tool

DHCP server tools

DNS server tools

Terminal Service Tools

Common description, discovery, and integration (UDDI) Service Tools

Group Policy Management Tools

Network Load Balancing Tool

As you can see, if you want to manage windows systems, you 'd better install the remote server management tool RSAT in windows Vista.

How to obtain and install the remote server management tool RSAT

First, you need to obtain the remote server management tool RSAT. I emphasize this step, not because it is difficult to obtain, but because you must know it clearly. You can download the remote server management tool RSAT from the download center of the Microsoft website.

Note:

There are two installation versions in the Microsoft download center: 32-bit and 64-bit, so you need to find out what version of vista you are running before downloading, download the RSAT installation version of the remote server management tool.

After downloading the remote server management tool RSAT, first confirm that you have installed WindowsVistaSP1. you can click here to download and install SP1.

It may take some time to install the remote server management tool RSAT, so make sure you have enough time to complete the installation. Figure 1 shows what you will see when installing the remote server management tool RSAT (not very interesting ).

Figure 1 install remote server management tool RSAT on Windows Vista

If you are running Windows XP, you will not be able to install the remote server management tool RSAT on your operating system. The remote server management tool RSAT is designed for Vista, because only vista can take full advantage of the advantages and functions of this tool. If you want to manage your XP system, I suggest you install AdminPack and you can download it from here.

It should be noted that the remote server management tool RSAT can be installed in the following Vista versions (SP1 ):

Windows Vista Business Edition

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

Windows Vista flagship Edition

Windows Vista commercial edition 64-bit

64-bit Windows Vista Enterprise Edition

64-bit Windows Vista flagship Edition

Familiar with RSAT, a remote server management tool

After installing the remote server management tool RSAT, you need to get familiar with the usage of these tools, because when you try to hide these tools, it is easy to cause damage to the tools, therefore, Microsoft hides some of these tools by default. Follow these steps to access and use all the remote server management tools RSAT:

First open the control panel, click program options, and then in the program and function area, click open/close windows function, as shown in 2:

Figure 2 enable/disable windows

In the windows function dialog box, select the management unit and tool you want to install in remote management.

After selecting all the tools you want to display, you only need to click OK.

Remember, in the remote server management tool, you can switch between two different operation regions. When marking the function management tool in the first operation area, it includes the following tools, as shown in section 3:

BitLocker drive encryption tool

Failover cluster Tool

Group Policy Management Tools

Network Load Balancing Tool

SMTP server tools

SAN storage management tools

Windows resource management tools

Figure 3 available tools after RSAT is installed

The role management tool is marked in the second operation area, which includes the following options, as shown in section 4.

ActiveDirectory Certificate Service Tool

(Certificate management tools and online reply tools)

ActiveDirectory domain service tool

(ActiveDirectory Domain Controller tool and NIS server Tools)

ActiveDirectory Lightweight Directory Service Tool

DHCP server

DNS Server

File Service Tools

(Distributed File System Tools, file server resource management tools, and sharing and storage management tools)

Terminal Service Tools

UDDI service tools

Figure 4 role marking tool available after remote server management tool RSAT is installed

Note:

It takes a long time to complete the configuration of all these functions in your system, so you should make a good plan and do not easily think that you can use them with just one click.

If you want to fill all the shortcuts of these management tools with the start button, you will need to follow the steps below:

Right-click Start and click Properties;

On the Start Menu tab, click custom;

In the custom Start Menu dialog box, scroll down to system management tools and choose to display all program menus and start menus;

Click OK;

Now, all the enabled management tools are displayed in the Start Menu, as shown in "5.

Figure 5 management tools can be displayed in the Start Menu

Summary

If you have a base domain of windowssever2008ActiveDirectory, you can use the management tools attached to windowsvistaSP1 and remote server management tool RSAT to manage operations. If you are still using the windowssever20083ActiveDirectory base domain, you can also benefit from the management tools attached to windowsvistaSP1 and remote server management tool RSAT. You need to deploy the system properly, install the correct service package, obtain the remote server management tool RSAT, and then make sure that you have been able to use all the remote server management tools RSAT. Once you have completed these steps, you can perform operation management between the network and ActiveDirectory freely.

Now, this remote server management tool RSAT is available in Windows Vista to manage Windows server running. As long as you have mastered how to use the remote server management tool RSAT, you can manage all the new functions of Windows server at will. I hope this article will be helpful to readers. More knowledge about the operating system remains to be explored and learned by readers.