Additional Resources

Applies To: Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012

This section contains additional resources related to forest recovery.

The following resources are useful for recovering domain controllers that run Windows Server 2012:

• Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Virtualization (Level 100)

• Maintaining Business Continuity of Virtualized Environments with Hyper-V Replica: scenario overview. For more information about setting up Hyper-V Replica, see

• Deploy Hyper-V Replica

• Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8

The following resources are useful for recovering domain controllers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008:

• Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)

• Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=115118)

• Active Directory Database Mounting Tool Step-by-Step Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132577)

• Ntdsutil (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132629)

• Forcing the Removal of a Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=132627)

• Installing Active Directory Domain Services from Media (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132630)

• Performing an Unscheduled Backup of a Domain Controller (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132632)

• Performing a Nonauthoritative Restore of AD DS (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=132637)