Who hasn't heard of "someone" who has accidentally deleted an entire Organizational Unit (OU) in Active Directory? If you're lucky, you've never had to explain a personal human error such as this, but I've heard of many horror stories of people who have accidentally deleted OUs filled with hundreds, and in one case, over 5000 users.
Solarwinds' Free WMI monitor gives you complete visibility into Active Directory performance, tracking changes and modifications to your sensitive AD data.
Design your own custom AD monitoring template or download free pre-built templates from the Solarwinds community.
-The Petri IT Knowledgebase Team
It's true that by using a proper backup procedure it is possible to restore these objects. It's also true that you can use manual restore procedures such as the one in my Recovering Deleted Items in Active Directory article. However, I'm sure you'll gladly agree that it's best not to put yourself in that position in the first place.
Luckily for us, in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has introduced a new option designed to protect Active Directory objects from being accidentally deleted. The option to protect objects from accidenta [...]
No comments:
Post a Comment