How to install Active Directory Users and Computers for Windows 2008

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Published on 2010-02-02T18:30:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 15:41 UTC
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I want to install the administration tools on a Windows Server 2008 (R1) machine. On Windows 2003 you installed adminpak.msi, but I can't find such a file for 2008.

Is this a "feature" in Server Manager? If so what is it named?

---UPDATE--- So I drilled into the server Features list and I have "Remote Server Administration Tools" but it only includes File Services, Print Services and Web Server.

This is a member server in a domain but not a domain controller. It is Windows 2008 (original) not R2. Still, why can't it run AD users and computers from this machine?

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