| RSAT technology | RSAT description | Manages technology on Windows Server 2003 | Manages technology on Windows Server 2008 | Manages technology on Windows Server 2012 |
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| Active Directory Certificate Services Tools | Active Directory Certificate Services Tools includes the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online Responder Management snap-ins. | √, except Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) | √ | √ |
| Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools | Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools includes Active Directory Administrative Center; Active Directory Domains and Trusts; Active Directory Sites and Services; Active Directory Users and Computers; ADSI Edit; DCPromo.exe; LDP.exe; NetDom.exe; NTDSUtil.exe; RepAdmin.exe; Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell; DCDiag.exe; DSACLs.exe; DSAdd.exe; DSDBUtil.exe; DSMgmt.exe; DSMod.exe; DSMove.exe; DSQuery.exe; DSRm.exe;
GPFixup.exe; KSetup.exe; KtPass.exe; NlTest.exe; NSLookup.exe; W32tm.exe.
- Server for NIS Tools includes an extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the Ypclear.exe command-line tool. | √, Windows PowerShell and ADAC remote management require the Active Directory Web Service download package. | √, Windows PowerShell and ADAC remote management require the Active Directory Web Service download package. | √ |
| Best Practices Analyzer | Best Practices Analyzer cmdlets for Windows PowerShell | Not available; no BPA models run on WS03 | Can run on WS08 R2 when the Windows Management Framework 3.0 package is installed on WS08 R2. No BPA models are available for WS08. | √ |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities | Manage-bde, Windows PowerShell cmdlets for BitLocker, BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer for Active Directory, BitLocker Network Unlock Provider | Not available | Not available | √ |
| Cluster-Aware Updating | Cluster-Aware Updating management console, Cluster-Aware Updating cmdlets for Windows PowerShell | Not available | Not available | √ |
| DHCP Server Tools | DHCP Server Tools includes the DHCP Management Console, the DHCP Server cmdlet module for Windows Powershell, and the Netsh command-line tool | √, Windows PowerShell module does not run on WS03. | √, Windows PowerShell module does not run on WS08 and WS08 R2. | √ |
| DirectAccess, Routing and Remote Access | Routing and Remote Access management console, Connection Manager Administration Kit console, Remote Access provider for Windows PowerShell | Not available | Not available | √ |
| DNS Server Tools | DNS Server Tools DNS Server Tools include the DNS Manager snap-in, the DNS module for Windows PowerShell, and the Ddnscmd.exe command-line tool. | √ | √ | √ |
| Failover Clustering Tools | Failover Clustering Tools include Failover Cluster Manager, Failover Clusters (Windows PowerShell Cmdlets), MSClus, Cluster.exe | Not available | √, Failover Cluster Manager runs only on Windows Server 2012. The Windows PowerShell cmdlet set supports Windows Server 2012 and WS08R2. MSClus and Cluster.EXE support Windows Server 2012, WS08R2, and WS08. | √ |
| File and Storage Services Tools | • File Services Tools include the following: Share and Storage Management Tools; Distributed File System Tools; File Server Resource Manager Tools; Services for NFS Administration Tools; iSCSI management cmdlets for Windows PowerShell - Distributed File System Tools include the DFS Management snap-in, and the Dfsradmin.exe, Dfsrdiag.exe, Dfscmd.exe, Dfsdiag.exe, and Dfsutil.exe command-line tools.
• File Server Resource Manager tools include the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, and the Dirquota.exe, Filescrn.exe, and Storrept.exe command line tools.
• Share and Storage Management Tools include the Share and Storage Management snap-in. | Not available | √, iSCSI cmdlets for Windows PowerShell can be used to manage iSCSI on Windows Server 2012 only. | √ |
| Group Policy Management Tools | Group Policy Management Tools include Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO Editor. | √ | √ | √ |
| Hyper-V Tools | Hyper-V Tools include the Hyper-V Manager snap-in and the Virtual Machine Connection remote access tool. | Not available | Hyper-V Manager console doesn’t support managing Hyper-V servers running Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2. | Hyper-V tools are not part of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8; they are available as part of Windows 8. There is no need to install RSAT to use these tools. The Hyper-V Manager console for Windows Server 2012 does not support managing Hyper-V servers running Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2. |
| IP Address Management (IPAM) Management Tools | IP Address Management client console | Not available | Not available | √ |
| Network Adapter Teaming, or NIC Teaming | Network Adapter Teaming management console | Not available | Not available | √ |
| Network Load Balancing Tools | Network Load Balancing Tools include the Network Load Balancing Manager; Network Load Balancing Windows PowerShell cmdlets; and the NLB.exe and WLBS.exe command-line tools | √ | √ | √ |
| Remote Desktop Services Tools | Remote Desktop Services Tools include the Remote Desktop snap-ins; RD Gateway Manager, tsgateway.msc; RD Licensing Manager, licmgr.exe; RD Licensing Diagnoser, lsdiag.msc. Server Manager should be used for administration of all other RDS role services except RD Gateway and RD Licensing. | √ | √ | √ |
| Server Manager | Server Manager includes the Server Manager console.
Remote management with Server Manager is available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012. | Not available | Available for WS08 R2 and later versions, not for WS08 | √ |
| SMTP Server Tools | SMTP Server Tools include the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) snap-in | √ | √ | The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8. |
| Storage Explorer Tools | Storage Explorer Tools include the Storage Explorer snap-in | Not available | √ | The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8. |
| Storage Manager for Storage Area Network (SAN) Tools | Storage Manager for SAN Tools include the Storage Manager for SAN snap-in and the Provisionstorage.exe command-line tool | √, Storage Manager for SANs is available in Windows Server 2003 R2 and later versions. | √ | The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8. |
| Volume Activation | Manage Volume Activation, vmw.exe | Not available | The tool can be used to manage volume activation on remote servers running WS08 or on WS08 R2, but cannot run on those operating systems. | √ |
| Windows System Resource Manager Tools | Windows System Resource Manager Tools include the Windows System Resource Manager snap-in, and the Wsrmc.exe command-line tool. | Not available | √ | √ |
| Windows Server Update Services Tools | Windows Server Update Services Tools include the Windows Server Update Services snap-in, WSUS.msc. | Not available | √ | √ |
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