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Recovering on premises Server 2016 Domain Controller
I have (had) a single on premises domain controller built on Server 2016. The server was backed up to the Azure Recovery Services Vault. The on premises domain controller was the primary domain contr...
Thanks for the reply Kent. The failed server is a physical on premises domain server. It was used as the basis for building the rest of the domain. It has been backed up to the Azure environment but is the only AD domain server.
I had a look at the link you sent. It appears that this document refers to Server 2003. As the server is a 2016 server operating in an Azure infrastructure, I would have thought there would be a be recovery mechanism based on modern AD constructs and drawing on the data stored in Azure. Am I incorrect in this assumption and the approach as outlined in your document still stands?
Link for system state recovery if you just used a local agent.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-restore-system-state
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-restore-system-state