Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Version 1511 Available

With the release of Windows 10 Version 1511, Microsoft also made available a new version of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10.

Because the main objective it's the compatibility wit the new Windows 10 version, there's not a lot of changes in this version of RSAT although there's this notes on the release log:

• DHCP Tools. Dhcpmgmt.msc is not available in this release of RSAT, but equivalent Windows PowerShell cmdlets are available.
• IP Address Management (IPAM) Tools. IPAM tools are not available in this release of RSAT.
• Network Policy Server Tools. The NPS console is not supported on a Windows client-based operating system, and will be removed from future releases of RSAT.
• Routing and Remote Access Tools. Routing and Remote Access Tools that are GUI-based cannot be used for remote configuration in this release of RSAT, but the equivalent Windows PowerShell cmdlets are available.

Here's the link for more information and download:

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 Available

It's finally available Microsoft Remote Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10 RTM.
With RSAT for Windows 10 makes it possible to manage server features and roles remotely from your desktop environment.
This includes, Server Manager, MMC snap-ins, consoles, powershell cmdlets and a lot of other tools.

Download it from here:
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10

LDAP Queries - Filtering Computer Accounts Service Pack Level

When managing a large environment, it can be sometimes difficult to get all your machines up-to-date.
If you don't have the right tools to get the job done, due to financial restrictions for example you may use some quick and easy ways to get some information you need about how's your environment.

In this case, I'll show how to get the a Microsoft Windows operating system service pack level.
Besides the importance of being up-to-date, if you have some kind of Microsoft Enterprise/Premier support, it's really important to level up your service pack to a supported level.
For example, Microsoft Windows 7 RTM (without any SP) support ended on April 9, 2013.

To get the information, there's a really simple way to do it if the target machines are domain joined.

So, here are the steps:

1. Open the "Active Directory Users and Computers" mmc
2. Then, go to "View" -> "Filter Options"
3. Select "Create custom filter:" and click on "Customize"
4. Click the "Advanced" tab
5. Copy and paste one of the queries below depending on what your looking for and click "OK"
6. Now your mmc will only show computer account that match your query

Queries

Windows XP without any service pack installed
(&(operatingSystem=Windows XP Professional)(!operatingSystemServicePack=*)))
 
Windows XP with service pack 1 installed
(&(operatingSystem=Windows XP*l)(operatingSystemServicePack=Service Pack 1)))

Windows XP with service pack 2 installed
(&(objectCategory=computer)(operatingSystem=Windows XP Professional)(operatingSystemServicePack=Service Pack 2))


Windows 7 without any service pack installed
(&(objectCategory=computer)(operatingSystem=Windows 7*)(!operatingSystemServicePack=Service Pack 1))

Windows 7 with service pack 1 installed
(&(objectCategory=computer)(operatingSystem=Windows 7*)(operatingSystemServicePack=Service Pack 1))