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MC1269727 - Replacement of the Microsoft SaRA command-line utility in Windows

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MC1269727

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Apr 3, 2026

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Windows

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Admin impact

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Migrate away from the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant utility (SaRA). This command-line utility is deprecated to help secure and harden your environment. The Get Help command-line tool has similar capabilities and is recommended as a replacement for the SaRA utility. You’ll need to download it and use GetHelpCmd.exe to run your scenarios. 
 
When will this happen: 
  • March 10, 2026: Microsoft has officially removed the SaRA utility from all in-support versions of Windows. 
  • The Get Help command-line tool has been available for some time now. 
 
How this will affect your organization: 
The infrastructure powering GetHelpCmdLine includes improved security. The core functionality of GetHelpCmdLine and SaraCmdLine remains the same. All the scenarios supported in SaRACmdLine tool are supported as-is in GetHelpCmdLine. All SaRA scripts are migrated to GetHelpCmdLine. These scripts no longer work in the SaRACmdLine environment.  
 
What you need to do to prepare: 
As your next steps, 
  1. Download the Get Help command-line tool. 
  2. Use GetHelpCmd.exe to run your scenarios. 
 
Additional information: 

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