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  "description": "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: \n\n * March 10, 2026: Microsoft has officially removed the SaRA utility from all in-support versions of Windows. \n * The Get He",
  "path": "/m365-message-center/message/mc1269727/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T00:00:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://blog.tophhie.cloud",
  "tags": [
    "Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant utility (SaRA)",
    "Get Help command-line",
    "Get Help command-line tool",
    "Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) command-line utility removal from Windows.",
    "Command line version of Get Help."
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  "textContent": "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:**\n\n  * March 10, 2026: Microsoft has officially removed the SaRA utility from all in-support versions of Windows.\n  * The Get Help command-line tool has been available for some time now.\n\n\n\n**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,\n\n  1. Download the Get Help command-line tool.\n  2. Use GetHelpCmd.exe to run your scenarios.\n\n\n\n**Additional information:**\n\n  * Read the announcement in Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) command-line utility removal from Windows.\n  * Command line version of Get Help.\n  * Download the Get Help command-line tool.\n\n",
  "title": "MC1269727: Replacement of the Microsoft SaRA command-line utility in Windows",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-04T00:00:05.468Z"
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