Nur folgenden Funktionen sind in den Remote Server Administration Tools unter Windows Vista SP1 für den Windows Server 2003 bzw. Windows Server 2003 R2 nutzbar:
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools
Active Directory Certification Authority Tools
DHCP Server Tools
DNS Server Tools
Terminal Services Tools
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services Tools
Group Policy Management Tools
Network Load Balancing Tools
Alle weitere Funktionen sind nur für den Windows Server 2008 verfügbar:
File Services Tools
Network Policy and Access Services Tools
BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools
Failover Clustering Tools
SMTP Server Tools
Storage Manager for SANs Tools
Windows System Resource Manager Tools