I am currently in the process of testing a disaster recovery process. We are basically taken off-site with our tape backups and expected to rebuild our network at a remote site. The problem I am ...

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active Directory in ...

It is important to make sure you have a reliable backup of your domain controller. Without a backup, it is not possible to restore. This article will describe how to restore the System State on a ...

I'm aware of the risks of USN rollback when restoring from a DC snapshot. However, if there are no other functioning domain controllers (imagine that a malicious or incompetent operator has ...

Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is a special boot mode for Windows Server domain controllers, similar to Safe Mode, that allows administrators to perform critical maintenance, repair, or ...