Administration of Active Directory does not have to be hard. Too often what should be a simple task is made more difficult than it needs to be.The solution? Hyena from SystemTools Software. With ease-of-use as well as powerful importing and bulk updating capabilities.
If you want those tools, you have to set up RDS. That means installing and configuring the roles and buying and installing RDS CALs. That is the only way to allow connections for non-admin purposes and install the tools to manage those connections.