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RSAT for Windows 11 ARM64
When will we see the addition of RSAT such as Active Directory, DHCP and Group Policy Management on Windows 11 Pro using ARM64?
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June 6, 2025 and still no RSAT for Windows 11 ARM64
Yeah i am thinking that it won't be until a major release of Windows may if they have a 12, but Microsoft doesn't seem like it wants to, on the conspiracy theory side of things if MS + Intel are working to keep the ARM snapdragon chips down they are doing a dis-service to that market, plus on a Mac with M processors and software like Parallels where you can run a VM you can't do that either the RSAT so they are really limiting what many say is the future of the PC market, however, until it gets ALL the features of x64 windows and vendors port all software over, it just will be something that has a small niche market but for most of us won't do much. If you only need Office apps and good battery life and performance then that will work for you, if you actually need a computer that can handle all your daily tasks as an IT pro and handle all business programs then I'd say we have to stay with X64 architecture. I was impressed by the snapdragon chip on a Dell 7455 Latitude from 2024, but since the programs were not all developed and ported and since there was no RSAT I sent it back and that won't be looked at again until these deficiencies are resolved.
No RSAT tools for Surface Laptop 7 in March 2025 is a bit of a kick in the groin.
February 2025 and my shiny Surface with an ARM processor is still just a jump box to other machines so I can do my work.
Why is not available till today??? If Microsoft wants ARM adoption this is not helping.
exactly, one person posted that it is included in the Windows Server 2025 Preview Release and if so and the code is shared as it usually is between client and server just put the code into the client, but until so where to download the ARM Preview of Server 2025 so we can test with that? Microsoft you have a real ability here to push the envelope of ARM processing. Especially given that Intel's try at it is horrible, it is an x64 processor with some ARM built in for AI but it has only 1 core per CPU, so it is so bad and maxed at 32gb but the fact that it uses memory in a non-efficient way is just a disaster. wake up Intel or you will be looking at the leaders in front of you and you will fall behind really fast, the only way to stay in front is through innovation, and you are not doing that. You cannot sit on your laurels in computing.
- Is that a windows insider update? Where are you seeing that?
unfortunately there still is no update for RSAT tools on Win 11 of any kind with the ARM version, hoping to see it at some point or that will never take off for IT pros. mmaasen
- Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 11 Pro on ARM64 devices like those using the Qualcomm Snapdragon or Apple M1/M2 chips are not available. Microsoft has not yet released an ARM64-compatible version of RSAT, which includes tools like Active Directory, DHCP, and Group Policy Management.
As far as I have tested this is one of the biggest mysteries about Windows 11 24H2 ARM. While it is a huge improvement over the same in Windows 10, the lack of AD integration and tools and snap ins to powershell make it a no go for an IT user.
Also an issue if you are running a VM on a M processor Mac.
other things like some AV products and some other important tools we use are just missing and then trying to get a network printer with a good driver to work was impossible from what I tested.
I used a Dell Latitude 7455 Snapdragon chip PC and a VM on MacBook Air M2 Kylem843
JohnPiscitelli Microsoft really needs to add these in. if they add AD's RSAT tools into Win 11 ARM and then we can run products like ARS for AD that would go a long way to making it more mainstream and for IT pros.
Next I need to get Remote Desktop manager free with Safenet keys working 100%
after that Cortex AV, Duo and Macrium Reflect for cloning work and it will have come a really long way to working with a lot of our tools and then I could see this really taking off. It is a shame since they did such an incredible job with the emulator, our ERP system Info's ancient Baan ERP from 20+ years ago installed and ran well.
We need to know when these features can be added and cannot wait a full year, they need to be added to the product soon. fingers crossed
- Work just purchased a Surface Laptop 7 for me. It is completely baffling that RSAT tools aren't available, which means numerous powershell commands aren't available. I am so confused by what MS expects us to do here. Admin Center does not cut it.
- In case it helps anyone, I was able to get the AD module for PowerShell by copying it over from another device. I needed to copy the .psm1 file and some related helper files, but at this point I can't recall exactly what it needed. But it works. No luck so far for the snap-ins, unfortunately.
- Just got the new Surface Pro and upgraded to Windows Enterprise, only to find out the most essential sysadmin tools are still unavailable. The community has been asking for over 2 years (at least). Without RSAT you can't even get the AD PowerShell module.
It's actually really bad. MS needs to provide a real solution (not telling people to use WAC or RDP).
