MS has released a beta version of the administration tools (RSAT) for Windows 7. It includes:
“Server Administration Tools:
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Server Manager
Role Administration Tools:
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Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Tools
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Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools
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Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools
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DHCP Server Tools
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DNS Server Tools
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File Services Tools
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Hyper-V Tools
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Remote Desktop Services Tools
Feature Administration Tools:
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BitLocker AD Password Recovery Viewer
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Failover Clustering Tools
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Group Policy Management Tools
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Network Load Balancing Tools
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SMTP Server Tools
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Storage Explorer Tools
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Storage Manager for SANs Tools
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Windows System Resource Manager Tools”
Yes, you can use Server Manager to manage remote servers. Thanks be to you-know-who! It’s been badly needed and had me running to good ol’ Computer Management every time I wanted to do anything to our Hyper-V cluster.