What Are the Remote Server Administration Tools?

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

When you install Remote Server Administration Tools on a server running Windows Server® 2008, you select the roles, role services, and features you want to manage on remote computers running either Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003.

When Remote Server Administration Tools installation completes, snap-ins and tools to manage corresponding roles, role services, and features are available on your computer.

Available Remote Server Administration Tools

For this prerelease version of Windows Server 2008, the following tools are available for installation with Remote Server Administration Tools.

Note

When you install tools for specific roles, role services, and features within Remote Server Administration Tools, you install only a set of snap-ins and tools for remote management of those roles, role services, and features installed on other computers. Installing Remote Server Administration Tools does not install any roles or features on the local computer.

Remote Server Administration Tools for roles

Note

This list of roles may have been updated since this content was published. To check for updates, see the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=48541).

Remote Server Administration Tools role Description

Active Directory Certificate Services Tools

Active Directory Certificate Services Tools includes the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online Responder Management snap-ins.

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools

Active Directory Domain Services Tools includes Active Directory Users and Computers, Active Directory Domains and Trusts, Active Directory Sites and Services, Server for NIS tools, and other snap-ins and command-line tools for remotely managing Active Directory Domain Services.

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Tools includes Active Directory Sites and Services, ADSI Edit, Schema Manager, and other snap-ins and command-line tools for managing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.

Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) Tools

Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) Tools includes the Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) snap-in.

DHCP Server Tools

DHCP Server Tools includes the DHCP snap-in.

DNS Server Tools

DNS Server Tools includes the DNS Manager snap-in and dnscmd.exe command-line tool.

Fax Server Tools

Fax Server Tools includes the Fax Service Manager snap-in.

File Services Tools

File Services Tools include the following:

  • Distributed File System Tools includes the DFS Management snap-in, and the dfsradmin.exe, dfscmd.exe, dfsdiag.exe, and dfsutil.exe command-line tools.

  • File Server Resource Manager Tools includes the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, and the filescrn.exe and storrept.exe command-line tools.

  • Services for Network File System Tools includes the Network File System snap-in, and the nfsadmin.exe, showmount.exe, and rpcinfo.exe command-line tools.

Network Policy and Access Services Tools

Network Policy and Access Services Tools includes the Health Registration Authority snap-in.

Print Services Tools

Print Services Tools includes the Print Management snap-in.

Terminal Services Tools

Terminal Services Tools includes the TS RemoteApp Manager, TS Gateway Manager, and TS Licensing Manager snap-ins.

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools

UDDI Services Tools includes the UDDI Services snap-in.

Web Server (IIS) Tools

Web Server (IIS) Tools includes the Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager and IIS Manager snap-ins.

Windows Deployment Services Tools

Windows Deployment Services Tools includes the Windows Deployment Services snap-in, wdsutil.exe command-line tool, and Remote Install extension for the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

Hyper-V™ Tools

Hyper-V Tools include snap-ins and tools for managing Hyper-V.

Remote Server Administration Tools for features

Note

This list of features may have been updated since this content was published. To check for updates, see the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=48541).

Remote Server Administration Tools feature Description

BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools

BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools includes the manage-bde.wsf script.

BITS Server Extensions Tools

BITS Server Extensions Tools includes the Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager and IIS Manager snap-ins.

Failover Clustering Tools

Failover Clustering Tools includes the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in and the cluster.exe command-line tool.

Network Load Balancing Tools

Network Load Balancing Tools includes the Network Load Balancing Manager snap-in, and the nlb.exe and wlbs.exe command-line tools.

SMTP Server Tools

SMTP Server Tools includes the Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager snap-in.

WINS Server Tools

Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) Server Tools includes the WINS snap-in.