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RSAT

I kept ending up switching primary work computers, changing domains with different policies, WU servers, etc and it seems that installing RSAT ended up using different method to install on occasion. Here’s what I ended up using that just plain works (so long as you have admin rights).

$currentWU = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name "UseWUServer" | select -ExpandProperty UseWUServer
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name "UseWUServer" -Value 0
Restart-Service wuauserv
Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU" -Name "UseWUServer" -Value $currentWU
Restart-Service wuauserv

After it completes, check for what’s installed.

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property Name, State

Name                                                         State
----                                                         -----
Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0             Installed
Rsat.BitLocker.Recovery.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                 Installed
Rsat.CertificateServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                Installed
Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                               Installed
Rsat.Dns.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                                Installed
Rsat.FailoverCluster.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0         Installed
Rsat.FileServices.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                       Installed
Rsat.GroupPolicy.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0             Installed
Rsat.IPAM.Client.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                        Installed
Rsat.LLDP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                               Installed
Rsat.NetworkController.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                  Installed
Rsat.NetworkLoadBalancing.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0               Installed
Rsat.RemoteAccess.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0            Installed
Rsat.RemoteDesktop.Services.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0             Installed
Rsat.ServerManager.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                      Installed
Rsat.Shielded.VM.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                        Installed
Rsat.StorageMigrationService.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0 Installed
Rsat.StorageReplica.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                     Installed
Rsat.SystemInsights.Management.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0          Installed
Rsat.VolumeActivation.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                   Installed
Rsat.WSUS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0                               Installed