Windows 7 Remote Server Administration Tools Released

Well, back in the good ol’ days of 2007, I wrote a post that quickly skyrocketed my blog traffic from a few hits a day to a few hundred.  Two years later, I’m still getting over 50 hits a day on my walkthrough of how to get the Administration Tools Pack for Server 2003 up and running (eg, install the Active Directory Users and Computers tools, among a gazillion other things).  It involved using an XP installer and manually registering some DLLs to get basic functionality.  About a year overdue, Microsoft finally released a Vista-compatible Remote Server Administration Tools and my post became obsolete.

Well, time moves on and operating systems change, and now we find ourselves tinkering with the Windows 7 beta.  I’ve been marvelously impressed thus far with the changes Microsoft has made.  And, most amazingly of all, Microsoft released the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 only days after it went beta.

Download it here. Note that it doesn’t show up automatically after install; you’ll have to enable by going to Control Panel, Programs, and click “Turn Windows features on or off.”  The Remote Server Administration Tools will be listed – just check the appropriate boxes for the snap-ins you wish to install and click OK.  They’ll now be available under Administrative Tools just like in XP and Vista.

Happy administrating!