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Veeam Backup Free Edition 9.0
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Restoring Application Items from Microsoft Active Directory

Veeam Backup Free Edition integrates with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory — a tool that lets you browse Microsoft Active Directory databases in VM disks located on storage snapshots and restore Microsoft Active Directory items (objects and containers) and their attributes back into the production Microsoft Active Directory database.

Before you can start working with Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory, you need to extract the Microsoft Active Directory database from the storage snapshot. You can do it in two ways:

  • You can use the Microsoft Active Directory Object Restore wizard. In this case, Veeam Backup Free Edition will automatically extract the Microsoft Active Directory database from the storage snapshot and open it in Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory. For more information, see Using the Microsoft Active Directory Object Restore Wizard.
  • You can perform VM guest OS files recovery for the virtualized Microsoft Active Directory server, manually locate the Microsoft Active Directory database and open it in Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory. For more information, see Opening Microsoft Active Directory Database Manually.
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