Installing RSAT for Windows 10 v1809

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 October 2018 Update isn’t delivered via an MSI or MSU like with previous Windows 10 versions, it is a Windows feature since 1809. Seems nice, but installation took some time to figure out.

Sources

First we need to download the Features On Demand (FoD) ISO from MS VLC.

  • SW_DVD9_NTRL_Win_10_1809_64Bit_MultiLang_FOD_1_X21-91307.ISO
  • SW_DVD9_NTRL_Win_10_1809_64Bit_MultiLang_FOD_2_X21-91309.ISO

Extract them to a network location (for example: \\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809)

(optional) Delete the features (files) that you don’t need.

Installation

Powershell can export all installed features, but we need DISM to install them. I’ll take AD-LDS Tools as an example.

Installing RSAT ActiveDirectory DS-LDS Tools

DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 /Source:”\\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809″ /LimitAccess

Here’s my full RSAT v1809 installation script (I don’t need server features)

Echo Installing RSAT for Windows 10 v1809 October 2018 (Build 17763)
Echo Export status RSAT features
powershell.exe “Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property displayname,state” >> %Logpath%\DISM_00_preInstall-RSAT-status.log

Echo START adding RSAT features to Windows
Echo Installing RSAT ActiveDirectory DS-LDS Tools
DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 /Source:”\\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809″ /LimitAccess >> %Logpath%\DISM_01_RSAT.AD.log

Echo Installing RSAT BitLocker.Recovery Tools
DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 /Source:”\\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809″ /LimitAccess >> %Logpath%\DISM_02_RSAT.BitLockerRecoveryTools.log

Echo Installing RSAT CertificateServices Tools
DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 /Source:”\\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809″ /LimitAccess >> %Logpath%\DISM_03_RSAT.CertificateServicesTools.log

Echo Installing RSAT.GroupPolicy Management Tools
DISM.exe /Online /add-capability /CapabilityName:Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 /Source:”\\servername\sharename\FoD_v1809″ /LimitAccess >> %Logpath%\DISM_04_RSAT.GroupPolicyMgmtTools.log
Echo DONE adding RSAT features

Echo Export status RSAT features
powershell.exe “Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property displayname,state” >> %Logpath%\DISM_99_AfterInstall-RSAT-status.log

I hope this can save you some time.

/Ben