RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools) is a Windows Server component for remote management of other computers also running that operating system. RSAT allows administrators to run snap-ins and tools on a remote computer to manage features, roles, and role services. In this article, we shall discuss “Remote Server Administration Tools: Install RSAT on Windows”. See this guide if you ever wanted to know what group policies are enabled or analyze GPO computers.

I will consider this necessary only when you decide to set up this Server (Windows Server 2016) as a jump host in order to manage your Domain Controller(s) in your environments. As discussed in this article, you can Why use RSAT? How to Install RSAT on Windows 10 via Windows features in the following ways.

In order to install RSAT on Windows Server 2012 and 2016 by following the following steps below. Open the Server Manager. (This should open up by default).

Install RSAT

And if this does not open up, follow the steps below to launch the Server Manager.

Simply hit the “Windows + R” keys on your keyboard,
This will open the run dialog box,
Type “servermanager” in the “Open” field and
Press “Enter” or click the OK as shown below.

This will open up the Server Manager Console

Alternatively, you can enter the “server manager” in the search button in Windows Server 2012 or on the search menu on Windows Server 2016. Type “server Manager” and this will open up the Server Manager Console

This will open up the Server Manager Console as shown below.

In order to install RSAT on Windows Server 2012 and 2016, follow the following steps. Click on Manage and click on Add Roles and Features.

Please see DNS manager console missing from RSAT tools on Windows 10, and How to Install and Uninstall RSAT on Windows 11.

Role-Based or Feature-Based Installation

Furthermore, Click on Next and Select the Role-Based or Feature-Based Installation

On the next page, select the server you will like to install the feature unto. Since we have just one server at this time and we would like to use this server as a Jump Host.

We will select the only server under the server pool and click on Next. Since we are not interested in installing a Role, but the RSAT feature, we will click on Next

Note: You can decide to install the “Feature Administration Tools if you wish to manage other aspects of Microsoft Server technologies remotely (from your Personal computer).

Click on Next and click through other windows and finally, click on Install. When the installation completes without errors.

Also, see What is GPO and how can it be launched in Windows, and How to create a Mapped Drive via GPO Preferences.

Remote Server Administration Tools

Then you will be able to administer your Domain Controllers remotely and the RSAT tools can be found under the Tools menu in “Server Manager”.

I hope you found this blog post on “Remote Server Administration Tools: Install RSAT on Windows Server” helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.