Server - How to Execute RSAT snapins with different users without server/client logon necessity

If you need to launch some mmc snapins with different AD account (without logging on server/pc with that credentials) you could follow these steps:


  1. Execute command prompt start --> cmd.exe
  2. Copy and paste this command text:
    C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /netonly /user:aduser@domain.suffix "mmc %SystemRoot%\system32\xxxx_command.msc
  3. where command.msc is any command with .msc.
    Usually any .msc command that is included in your RSAT tool (win 7, Win 10)  installed on your pc 

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