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What are the tools supported by Windows Server 2008? in response to this question, this article describes in detail the corresponding analysis and answers, hoping to help more partners who want to solve this problem to find a more simple and easy way.

More support tools are integrated in the official version of Windows Server 2008, but there are no support tools or resource kits for Windows2008 or R2. As a result, online forums are full of "how do I get the Windows Server 2008 version of Kerbtray?" A question like this. We know that Repadmin, DCDiag, and other supporting tools work properly in Windows Server 2008 and R2. Therefore, it is necessary to test which tools are still available in the Windows 2008 environment. Even so, there is still no official Windows2008 version of the toolset.

I personally conducted some tests to see which tools are available in Windows without supporting tools or resource kits, which are available in environments where Windows 2008 and R2 have domain management tools, and which Windows2003 SP2 support tools can continue to be used in Windows Server 2008 and R2. Surprisingly, all the tools I tested (my favorite ones) can be used in Windows Server2008. In fact, the downloaded installation kit (Rktoos.exe) is available in both Windows2008 and R2.

The following table shows the distribution of these tools in Windows Server2003. The Windows column shows the tools that are integrated into the operating system. The Support Tool column shows the tools in the support kit on the Windows 2003 installation CD, and the ResKit column represents the tools in the resource kit for Windows2000 and 2003. They have now evolved into a single download tool collection.

Tool (tool)

Windows

Reskit

Support tool (Support Tools)

Dsa.msc

X (DCs)

Dssite.msc

X (DCs)

Domain.msc

X (DCs)

DNSmgmt.msc***

X (DNS server)

Netdom

X

Nltest

X

Gpresult

X

Dcdiag

X

Repadmin

X

Replmon

X

Adsiedit

X

Browstat

X

Depends

X

Dfsutil

X

Dskprobe

X

Dnscmd

X

Dnslint

X

Dsacls

X

Getsid

X

Ktpass

X

Ldp

X

Setspn

X

Netdiag

X

Portqry

X

Windiff

X

Xcacls

X

Cacls

X

Eventcombmt.exe

X

Gpotool

X

Kerbtray

X

Klist

X

X

GPMC

Download separately

Table 1:Windows Server 2003

Table 2 contains tools that can be run in Windows Server2008, either native to the operating system, install domain management tools (some remote management tools) on non-domain controllers, or exist on domain controllers. Note that tools installed on a non-domain controller contain all of its command-line options, but they are not displayed in the graphical interface of the server manager. For example, to open the active Directory user and computer (ADUC) snap-in, you can only do this through the command line dsa.msc.

Tools

Windows

Waporo Domain Services tool

Non-domain controller / domain management tools installed

Domain Controller + Domain Management tool

Domain controllers + domain management tools + support tools

Dsa.msc

X (DCs)

X

Dssite.msc

X (DCs)

X

Domain.msc

X (DCs)

X

X

X

DNSmgmt.msc

X (DNS server)

X

X

X

Netdom

X

X

X

Nltest

X

X

X

Gpresult

X

X

X

X

Dcdiag

X

X

Repadmin

X

X

Replmon

X

Adsiedit

X

X

Browstat

X

Depends

X

Dfsutil

DFS needs to be installed

X

Dskprobe

X

Dnscmd

DNS needs to be installed

X

Dnslint

X

Dsacls

X

X

X

Getsid

X

Ktpass

X

X

X

X

Ldp

X

X

X

Setspn

X *

X

X

X

Netdiag

X

Portqry

X

Windiff

X

Xcacls

X

Cacls

X

X

X

X

Eventcombmt.exe

X

Gpotool

X

X

X

Kerbtray

X

X

Klist

X

X

X

GPMC

Separate installation

Table 2:Windows Server 2008

All tools have the same availability on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows2008, except for Netdiag. Although I haven't tested all the tools, there may be some that won't work on R2. But all the tools I've tested work on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Note: Dsa.msc (ADUC snap-in), Adsiedit.msc,Dssite.msc (site and Service snap-in), Dnscmd.exe,Dnsmgmt.msc (DNS snap-in), Dfsutil, and Ntfrsutil can be run in any Windows version. Although Dnscmd and Dnsmgmt need to be installed with DNS and dfsutil needs to be installed with the DFS role, they can also be run directly after installing support tools without the need to install DNS or DFS.

Overall, I am pleased that even without an official version of the Windows2008 support toolset, the previous key support tools can still be used on Windows Server 2008 and R2. However, I am disappointed that we are missing Netdom, Nltest, and NetDiag in Windows Server 2008 R2.

This is the answer to the questions about the tools supported by Windows Server 2008. I hope the above content can be of some help to you. If you still have a lot of doubts to be solved, you can follow the industry information channel for more related knowledge.

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