Restoring a Container Object and Its Children

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to restore a container and its child objects in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Example

The following example demonstrates how to restore the deleted organizational unit (OU) Finance_Department in the Fabrikam.com domain:

Get-ADObject -ldapFilter:"(msDS-LastKnownRDN=Finance_Department)" –IncludeDeletedObjects | Restore-ADObject

You have to first restore the parent object and then restore the child objects because the container must be in place for the objects to be restored to their proper location. The following example demonstrates how to restore the deleted child objects of the OU Finance_Department:

Get-ADObject -SearchBase "CN=Deleted Objects,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com" -Filter {lastKnownParent -eq "OU=Finance_Department,DC=Fabrikam,DC=com"} -IncludeDeletedObjects | Restore-ADObject

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Get-ADObject or Restore-ADObject, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Get-ADObject –detailed or Get-Help Restore-ADObject –detailed, and then press ENTER.