To install only ADUC:
Add-WindowsCapability -Name "Rsat.ActiveDirectory.DS-LDS.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0" -Online To install every RSAT tool at once (useful for dedicated admin jump boxes): install aduc windows 11
Here is the definitive, modern way to install ADUC (and all your other MMC snap-ins) on Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education. To install only ADUC: Add-WindowsCapability -Name "Rsat
For decades, the "golden trinity" of Windows admin tools—ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers), GPMC, and DHCP—were only available on full-blown Windows Server. If you were on a Windows 10 or 11 workstation, you were flying blind. Microsoft finally solved this with , but the
Microsoft finally solved this with , but the installation method has changed drastically since Windows 10 1809. If you try to download the old WindowsTH-RSAT_WS2016-x64.msi on Windows 11, you are wasting your time. It will error out or simply refuse to install.