Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Released – Full Download and Installation Guide

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) let you manage Windows Server roles and features — Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, File Services and more — directly from a Windows 10 or Windows 11 workstation, without needing to RDP onto a server.

The old way of getting RSAT on Windows 10 was to download a separate, version-specific MSU installer from Microsoft and run it by hand. That standalone package was discontinued once Windows 10 reached version 1809 — RSAT is now built into Windows 10 (1809 and later) and Windows 11 as a set of optional Features on Demand, so there is nothing to download at all.

Install RSAT via Settings (GUI method)

1. Open Settings > Apps > Optional features (on older builds this is Apps & features > Optional features).
2. Click Add a feature.
3. Search for RSAT — you’ll see a full list of individual tools, e.g. “RSAT: Active Directory Domain Services and Lightweight Directory Services Tools”, “RSAT: DNS Server Tools”, “RSAT: Group Policy Management Tools”.
4. Select the tool(s) you need and click Install. Windows downloads and installs them directly from Windows Update.

Install RSAT via PowerShell

If you’d rather script it, or need to deploy RSAT to multiple machines, run this from an elevated PowerShell prompt to see what’s available and install everything:

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

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

Or install just a specific tool, for example the AD DS tools:

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0

Once installed, the tools appear under Start > Windows Administrative Tools, exactly as they did with the old standalone installer — just without the separate download and version-matching hassle.