Backing up and restoring Active Directory

To avoid the situation where Active Directory, the backbone of every Microsoft-oriented networking infrastructure, is irreversibly lost, Active Directory restores should be performed. Restores should be performed regularly in an isolated environment to make sure backups can be restored and procedures are up to date and known to admins.

This recipe shows how to create backups of Active Directory using Windows Backup.

Getting ready

To make a backup of a domain controller, sign into a domain controller with a user account that is a member of the Domain Admins group or of the Backup Operators group.

To restore a domain controller, you need to know the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM...