You need to know about Disaster Recovery and be prepared with a business continuity plan. If Active Directory is part of the backbone network and infrastructure, the guide to bring it back online in case the incident should be clear and concise as possible. If all this happens or if you want to avoid all this is happening, this is the book for you. Restoring Active Directory from any kind of disaster is trickier than most people think. This is why you need this book. This book has a unique approach - the first semester focuses on planning and shows how to configure AD to be resilient, the second half is response focused and are intended as a reference for where we discuss different disaster scenarios. It contains commands and steps for each process and contains information on how to plan for disasters and how to utilize technology in your favor in case of disaster. You will find these types of disasters and incidents in the book, and learn how to recover from them: Deleted object domain controller hardware failure AD AD Single domain controller corruption corruption Site AD corruption hardware failure of the Company Complete company's hardware failure What you will learn from this book The first section includes: Active Directory principlesProper design planning for disaster measures ADCreating recoveryPreventive to your business continuity plan (with working sample) lag site configuration and working in a virtual environmentUsing and comprehension tools to analyze and monitor AD The second section contains the instructions step-by-step to recover from: Single domain controller hardware failure on a single Active Directory domain controllerDeleted corruption or missing objectsGlobal corruptionSite Active Directory Active Directory infrastructure (hardware) failureGlobal Active Directory infrastructure (hardware) failure Approach This book is a joint planning / response book-focused and can be read end to end, but also designed so that the second half can be read independently, if the disaster has been attacked. Who is this book written for This book is aimed at network security professionals who find themselves charged with creating an Active Directory disaster recovery plan or who wish a speedy recovery after a disaster has occurred. This book expects you to become familiar with the basics of Active Directory and Windows Server.