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You need to run Vista or higher to run Windows 2008 server RSAT.<br />
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<a href="http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Using-Remote-Server-Administration-Tools-RSAT-Vista.html" rel="ugc">http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Using-Remote-Server-Administration-Tools-RSAT-Vista.html</a>
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You need to run Vista or higher to run Windows 2008 server RSAT.

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Using-Remote-Server-Administration-Tools-RSAT-Vista.html [http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Using-Remote-Server-Administration-Tools-RSAT-Vista.html]

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Once you delegate control to the users, how do they connect to AD?
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Once you delegate control to the users, how do they connect to AD?

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You instal the normal admin pak which is in the windows admin share on a windows server
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You instal the normal admin pak which is in the windows admin share on a windows server

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to follow up on my previous comment, the location to the adminpak is :<br />
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\\servername\admin$\system<wbr />32\adminpa<wbr />k.msi, to customise what gets installed check out <br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314978" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314978</a>
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to follow up on my previous comment, the location to the adminpak is :

\\servername\admin$\system32\adminpak.msi, to customise what gets installed check out

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314978 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314978]

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ah, i missed the reference to windows 2008, use RSAT as has been mentioned.
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ah, i missed the reference to windows 2008, use RSAT as has been mentioned.

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This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See my comment at the end of the question for more details.
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This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See my comment at the end of the question for more details.

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Is there a way to be able to give a user control over an OU and set them up to be able to access and manage Active Directory from their XP pro workstation?<br />
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Thanks in advance.
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Is there a way to be able to give a user control over an OU and set them up to be able to access and manage Active Directory from their XP pro workstation?

Thanks in advance.

Managing Active Directory remotely?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.