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Microsoft offers Windows Server 2008 remote management tools

TechTarget Staff Writers

The updated version of what used to be called ADMINPAK.MSI is ready for download.

Microsoft has made available an updated version of its remote management tools that allow for the management of Windows Server 2008 from a desktop running Vista Service Pack 1.

Remote Server Administration Tools, once called ADMINPAK.MSI, have an updated Group Policy Management Console, which adds functions such as search, filter, commenting and Group Policy Preferences, Microsoft said. The console had been removed from Windows Vista SP1. Now it is available as a separate download.

The toolkit can be downloaded at

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Microsoft's download website.

Here is what is available in the toolkit:

Role administration tools:

  • Active Directory Certificate Services tools
  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) tools
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) tools
  • DHCP Server tools
  • DNS Server tools
  • File Services tools
  • Network Policy and Access Services tools
  • Terminal Services tools
  • Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services tools

Feature administration tools:

  • BitLocker Drive Encryption tools
  • Failover clustering tools
  • Group Policy Management tools
  • Network Load Balancing tools
  • SMTP Server tools
  • Storage Manager for SANs tools
  • Windows System Resource Manager tools

And these tools also fully supported managing Windows Server 2003 servers:

  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) tools
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) tools
  • Active Directory Certification Authority tools
  • DHCP Server tools
  • DNS Server tools
  • Terminal Services tools
  • Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services tools
  • Group Policy Management tools
  • Network Load Balancing tools

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