# Adding capabilities

With DISMTools you can add capabilities, or Features on Demand (FoDs), to a Windows image or installation. Capabilities are features ready to be added at any time. More on capabilities here.

This action can be accessed by clicking Commands > Capabilities > Add capability...

## Target OS support

This action is supported on the following platforms:

Platform | Supported?
--- | ---
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 | ❌
Windows 8/Server 2012 | ❌
Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 | ❌
Windows 10/Server 2016/2019/2022 | ✔
Windows 11/Server 2025 | ✔

This action is supported on DISMTools 0.3 and newer

## Usage

You need to specify the capabilities you want to add to your Windows image or installation, and specify some settings in order to get the result you want.

## Options

- You can specify a source where you have the necessary files for capability addition. You can browse your file system for an appropriate source, or get the source from group policy
- If you strictly want this operation to use your specified source and not Windows Update, tick the Windows Update access limit option (online installations only)
- If you want, you can commit the image after adding the capabilities (Windows images only)

## Related topics

- Command-line help

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