Microsoft have updated the must read Active Directory document on Active Directory Forest Recovery. “The guide contains best-practice recommendations for recovering an Active Directory forest if forest-wide failure renders all domain controllers in the forest incapable of functioning normally. The steps, which you must customize for your particular environment, describe how to recover the entire […]
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Quest RMADFE – Getting the XML Export to work.
April 16, 2011 
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This week I have been implementing Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory Forest Edition. As the implementation is a global implementation I have a requirement for more than one management console (if you know the product, you’ll know what I mean). The official documentation from Quest states that the process for this is: Step 1: […]
Read moreActive Directory Explorer v1.3
April 1, 2010 0 Comments
The Windows Sysinternals team have updated the excellent Active Directory Explorer tool to version 1.3 AD Explorer can be used to navigate the AD database; view object properties and attributes; modify permissions; view an object’s schema properties and create sophisticated searches that can be saved for regular use. AD Explorer has the ability to save snapshots […]
Read moreActive Directory Forest Recovery
March 16, 2010 0 Comments
Microsoft have updated their Active Directory Forest Recovery whitepaper to reference Windows Server 2008 R2. Hopefully nobody every has to go through a forest recovery – but just in case the day ever arises – you should practice a forest recovery regularly; because you do not want to be learning how to do this on […]
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