Unlock Additional PowerShell Modules in Windows 10

by | July 20,2021

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PowerShell Modules in Windows 10 for Server Management

Windows 10 comes with a number of PowerShell modules that you can use to control Server functionality – like WSUS Update Management which is only one example of many.

In earlier Windows 10 builds, these PowerShell modules were part of so-called RSAT tools (Remote Server Administration Tools), a separate download. In recent builds, you already own the RSAT tools (all commands in this tip require elevated privileges):

#requires -RunAsAdmin
Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name "Rsat.*" |
  Format-Table -AutoSize -Wrap -GroupBy Name -Property DisplayName, Description

The result looks similar to this:

    Name: Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Active Directory Domain Services and Lightweight Directory Services Tools		 Description
———–
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools include snap-ins and command-line tools for remotely managing AD DS and AD LDS on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities		 Description
———–
BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities include tools for managing BitLocker Drive Encryption features.
BitLocker Active Directory Recovery Password Viewer helps to locate BitLocker drive encryption recovery passwords in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Name: Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Active Directory Certificate Services Tools		 Description
———–
Active Directory Certificate Services Tools include the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online Responder Management snap-ins for remotely managing AD CS on Windows Server
Name: Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: DHCP Server Tools		 Description
———–
DHCP Server Tools include the DHCP MMC snap-in, DHCP server netsh context and Windows PowerShell module for DHCP Server.
Name: Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: DNS Server Tools		 Description
———–
DNS Server Tools include the DNS Manager snap-in, dnscmd.exe command-line tool and Windows PowerShell module for DNS Server.
Name: Rsat.FailoverCluster.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Failover Clustering Tools		 Description
———–
Failover Clustering Tools include the Failover Cluster Manager snap-in, the Cluster-Aware Updating interface, and the Failover Cluster module for Windows PowerShell
Name: Rsat.FileServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: File Services Tools		 Description
———–
File Services Tools include snap-ins and command-line tools for remotely managing the File Services role on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Group Policy Management Tools		 Description
———–
Group Policy Management Tools include Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.
Name: Rsat.IPAM.Client.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: IP Address Management (IPAM) Client		 Description
———–
IP Address Management (IPAM) Client is used to connect to and manage a remote IPAM server. IPAM provides a central framework for managing IP address space and corresponding infrastructure servers such as DHCP and DNS in an Active Directory forest.
Name: Rsat.LLDP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Data Center Bridging LLDP Tools		 Description
———–
Data Center Bridging LLDP Tools include PowerShell tools for remotely managing LLDP agents on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.NetworkController.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Network Controller Management Tools		 Description
———–
Network Controller Management Tools include PowerShell tools for managing the Network Controller role on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.NetworkLoadBalancing.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Network Load Balancing Tools		 Description
———–
Network Load Balancing Tools include the Network Load Balancing Manager snap-in, the Network Load Balancing module for Windows PowerShell, and the nlb.exe and wlbs.exe command-line tools.
Name: Rsat.RemoteAccess.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Remote Access Management Tools		 Description
———–
Remote Access Management Tools include graphical and PowerShell tools for managing the Remote Access role on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Remote Desktop Services Tools		 Description
———–
Remote Desktop Services Tools include snap-ins for Remote Desktop Licensing Manager, Remote Desktop Licensing Diagnostics and Remote Desktop Gateway Manager. Use Server Manager to administer all other RDS role services.
Name: Rsat.ServerManager.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Server Manager		 Description
———–
Server Manager includes the Server Manager console and PowerShell tools for remotely managing Windows Server, and includes tools to remotely configure NIC teaming on Windows Server and Best Practices Analyzer.
Name: Rsat.Shielded.VM.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
SAT: Shielded VM Tools		 Description
———–
Shielded VM Tools include the Provisioning Data File Wizard and the Template Disk Wizard.
Name: Rsat.StorageMigrationService.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Storage Migration Service Management Tools		 Description
———–
Provides management tools for storage migration jobs.
Name: Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Storage Replica Module for Windows PowerShell		 Description
———–
Includes PowerShell module to remotely manage the Storage Replica feature on Windows Server 2016.
Name: Rsat.SystemInsights.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: System Insights Module for Windows PowerShell		 Description
———–
System Insights module for Windows PowerShell provides the ability to manage System Insights feature.
Name: Rsat.VolumeActivation.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Volume Activation Tools		 Description
———–
Volume activation Tools can be used to manage volume activation license keys on a Key Management Service (KMS) host or in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services. These tools can be used to install, activate, and manage one or more volume activation license keys, and to configure KMS settings on Windows Server.
Name: Rsat.WSUS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0
DisplayName
———–
RSAT: Windows Server Update Services Tools		 Description
———–
Windows Server Update Services Tools include graphical and PowerShell tools for managing WSUS.


Access to RSAT PowerShell modules and tools

To get access to all RSAT PowerShell modules and tools, you can enable them like this:

#requires -RunAsAdmin
Get-WindowsCapability -Online -Name "Rsat.*" | 
  Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Verbose

 

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