Install the SDK
Important
Versions of the Microsoft Rights Management Service SDK released prior to March 2020 are deprecated; applications using earlier versions must be updated to use the March 2020 release. For full details, see the deprecation notice.
No further enhancements are planned for the Microsoft Rights Management Service SDK. We strongly recommend adoption of the Microsoft Information Protection SDK for classification, labeling, and protection services.
This topic guides you through installing the developer tools.
Instructions
Install the developer tools
Download the Rights Management Services SDK 2.1 from the Microsoft Download Center, being careful to choose the correct architecture version for your computer.
Run the installer package from your install location:
...\setup_sdk.exe
The Setup_sdk.exe file will install both the RMS SDK 2.1 and Active Directory Rights Management Services Client 2.1.
For more information on the files installed on your system by "setup_sdk.exe", see Development environment files