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Published inJul 2022
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ISBN-139781803242507
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Sander Berkouwer
Sander Berkouwer
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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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Working with Active Directory snapshots

This recipe shows how to work with Active Directory snapshots as an alternative to having to restore entire backups for a domain controller to restore only a handful of objects.

Getting ready

To work with snapshots for a domain controller, sign in to a domain controller with a user account that is a member of the Domain Admins group or the Backup Operators group.

How to do it...

  1. To make a snapshot, type the following command in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window:
    ntdsutil.exe "activate instance ntds" "snapshot" "create" q q
  2. To view all snapshots, type the following command in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window to get a numbered list of all available snapshots:
    ntdsutil.exe "activate instance ntds" "snapshot" "list all" q q
  3. To mount a snapshot, type the following command in an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window, using the Universally unique...
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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition
Published in: Jul 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803242507

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Sander Berkouwer

Sander Berkouwer calls himself an Active Directory aficionado; he's done everything with Active Directory and Azure AD, including decommissioning. He has been MCSA, MCSE, and MCITP-certified for ages, an MCT for the past 5 years and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Directory Services and Enterprise Mobility for over a decade. Sander is also decorated with Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert awards for his international cross-platform knowledge, experience and passion. As the CTO at SCCT, Sander leads a team of architects performing many projects, most of them identity-related, throughout Europe.
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