This enables the client to connect remote to all your services. System admins find RSAT to be more effective to take control of a range of Microsoft server technologies. Now with the shift to GUI-free server OS and with the improvised and advanced tools and techniques on the client to control a Windows server remotely, the above traditional method is not used more often. There are times they do not log out and just disconnect the session. Due to this, Windows server was developed to get the same Windows client experience.Īdmins used remote desktop client to login to that specific server, complete the work and log out. The admins prefer the consistency and the Windows client were run the workstation to have the similar experience on the server. The Remote Server Administration runs on almost all Windows operating system - Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.Įarlier Windows servers consisted a graphical interface which was just a server with a desktop. RSAT enables admins to run dedicated tools on a remote computer to control of the roles, features and services. RAST for Windows 10 is available only in US English for now and if you are running Windows 10 in some other language, ensure that you install US English language pack. The IT admins can install RSAT for Windows 10 Enterprise or Windows 10 Professional only

Command line tools to run features on Windows Server.

Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers.

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins.

Remote server administration tool