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Windows Server Shortcuts For Administrators – VirtuallyThatGuy

Posted on 19 February 20186 December 2022 by VirtuallyThatGuy

I came across this in my archives not sure who from… probably in my early platform days… very useful shortcuts for Windows Administrators… and your average user like myself.

Simply get to a run command (Start>Run) or a  command prompt (Start>Run>CMD [enter])

Admin Applet
Command
AD Domains and Trusts
domain.msc
Active Directory Management
admgmt.msc
AD Sites and Services
dssite.msc
AD Users and Computers
dsa.msc
ADSI Edit
adsiedit.msc
Authorization manager
azman.msc
Certification Authority Management
certsrv.msc
Certificate Templates
certtmpl.msc
Cluster Administrator
cluadmin.exe
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Component Services
comexp.msc
Configure Your Server
cys.exe
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
DHCP Management
dhcpmgmt.msc
Disk Defragmenter
dfrg.msc
Disk Manager
diskmgmt.msc
Distributed File System
dfsgui.msc
DNS Management
dnsmgmt.msc
Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc
Indexing Service Management
ciadv.msc
IP Address Manage
ipaddrmgmt.msc
Licensing Manager
llsmgr.exe
Local Certificates Management
certmgr.msc
Local Group Policy Editor
gpedit.msc
Local Security Settings Manager
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups Manager
lusrmgr.msc
Network Load balancing
nlbmgr.exe
Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc
PKI Viewer
pkiview.msc
Public Key Management
pkmgmt.msc
Quality of Service Control Management
acssnap.msc
Remote Desktop
tsmmc.msc
Remote Storage Administration
rsadmin.msc
Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc
Routing and Remote Access Manager
rrasmgmt.msc
Resultant Set of Policy
rsop.msc
Schema management
schmmgmt.msc
Services Management
services.msc
Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc
SID Security Migration
sidwalk.msc
Telephony Management
tapimgmt.msc
Terminal Server Configuration
tscc.msc
Terminal Server Licensing
licmgr.exe
Terminal Server Manager
tsadmin.exe
Teminal Services RDP
MSTSC
Teminal Services RDP to Console
mstsc /v:[server] /console
  

1 thought on “Windows Server Shortcuts For Administrators – VirtuallyThatGuy”

  1. Moayed Yagout says:
    2 December 2020 at 08:45

    Thank you for the shortcuts.

    they are useful

    Reply

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