- RSAT stands for Remote System Administrator Tools and is a collection of tools used for remotely maintaining Windows servers.
- Windows Settings is the easiest way to install or uninstall RSAT. Go to Settings > System > Optional features and enable all RSAT features.
- The other way to add or remove RSATs is by using PowerShell commands in Windows 11.
RSAT in Windows stands for Remote Server Administration Tools, and as the name suggests, it is used to manage remote servers, primarily by IT administrators. The RSAT suite isn’t something you can download off the internet, but they are built into Windows and need to be enabled first. If you’re a system administrator looking to manage remote Windows servers, here’s how you can install and uninstall RSAT on Windows 11.
How to Install RSAT from Windows 11 Settings
There are two ways you can install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 11 – one using the Windows Settings app and the other using Windows PowerShell. You can directly enable various RSAT features from Windows settings. Here’s how:
- Launch Windows Settings from the Start menu.
- Select System in the side menu.
- Scroll all the way and click on Optional features.
- In “the Add an optional feature” listing, click on View features.
- Type “rsat” in the search bar to search for all RSAT features.
- A bunch of RSAT tools such as Server Manager, Remote Desktop Services, and Volume Activation tools will appear.
- Here, check the boxes beside the RSAT tool you want to install and click on Next.
- Finally, hit Add and Windows will start downloading the tool for you.
Once added, you can click on Sort by and then select Date added to see all the RSAT tools you recently installed. Pro tip: search the tool you installed and click on it to check the executable and how you can get started with the same.
How to Install RSAT Using Windows PowerShell
There’s no Windows feature that cannot be accessed using commands. RSAT can be accessed using specific commands, and here’s how to use them:
- Open the Start menu, type “powershell” and select Windows PowerShell.
- In the side panel, click on Run as Administrator. Then click on Yes if prompted.
- Once launched, copy the following command and hit enter to see all the available RSAT tools and if they’re installed or not.
Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, State- To install one of the RSATs, copy its name and use the following command. Replace the ‘Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0’ with the tool you want to download.
Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Add-WindowsCapability -Online
How to Uninstall RSAT in Windows 11
There are two ways to uninstall RSAT on Windows 11 — from Settings and Windows PowerShell.
- Go to Settings > System > Optional Features.
- Use the search box to search for the RSAT you installed.
- Click on the tool you wish to uninstall and select Remove to uninstall it.
Moreover, you can remove the RSAT using PowerShell by starting the same as an administrator and using the following command.
Get-WindowsCapability -Name 'Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0' -Online | Remove-WindowsCapability -Online
Just make sure to replace the ‘Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0’ with the tool you want to remove. And that’s how you uninstall or install RSAT. If you have any doubts or are facing issues when adding or removing the RSATs, shoot your doubts in the comments below.
