September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
When a Windows Server 2012 system is promoted to a domain controller, the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) password is created. This password is used only when booting into DSRM. Restore mode is used when the Active Directory database is in need of maintenance or needs to be restored from backup. Many administrators have found themselves without the ability to log on to DSRM when necessary and have been forced to rebuild systems from scratch to restore the system-state data. Many hours can be saved if this password is stored in a safe place, where it can be accessed by the correct administrators.
Now with Windows Server 2012, if a full authoritative restore of the entire Active Directory ...
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