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title: "Microsoft Active Directory Forest Restore"
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# Microsoft Active Directory Forest Restore

You can use the cmdlets in this topic to perform the following operations:

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      <p>Operation</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="get-vbradforest.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForest</a></p>
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      <p>Returns Microsoft Active Directory forests in your infrastructure.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbradforestrestorepoint.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForestRestorePoint</a></p>
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      <p>Returns restore points for a Microsoft Active Directory forest.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbradforestdomain.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForestDomain</a></p>
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      <p>Returns Active Directory domains within a forest or a restore point.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbradforestdomaincontroller.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForestDomainController</a></p>
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      <p>Returns domain controllers for an Active Directory domain.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbradforestdomainrestorepoint.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForestDomainRestorePoint</a></p>
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      <p>Returns restore points for an Active Directory domain.</p>
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      <p><a href="new-vbrviadforestdomainrestorespec.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRViADForestDomainRestoreSpec</a></p>
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      <p>Creates a VMware domain restore specification for a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="new-vbrhvadforestdomainrestorespec.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRHvADForestDomainRestoreSpec</a></p>
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      <p>Creates a Hyper-V domain restore specification for a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.</p>
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    <td style="width:15%; height:31px;">
      <p><a href="new-vbradforestreiprule.md" class="T_Filenames">New-VBRADForestReIpRule</a></p>
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      <p>Creates a re-IP rule for a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.</p>
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      <p><a href="start-vbradforestrestore.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBRADForestRestore</a></p>
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      <p>Starts a Microsoft Active Directory forest restore.</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbradforestrestoresession.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRADForestRestoreSession</a></p>
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      <p>Returns Microsoft Active Directory forest restore sessions.</p>
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