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How do we make the backup of Active Directory user and accounts?

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Question added by abdur rasheed , Network Administrator , Warid Telecom (Al-Khalej Telecom)
Date Posted: 2013/07/24
Abdul Haleem Sherbiny
by Abdul Haleem Sherbiny , IT Support , MAF Carrefour

if you mean only the backup of of the above topics, you can simply export the MMC console to the destination you want (that includes any removable media of course)...

Backup AD database (NTDS.DIT) and files in System State Backup using:- default NT Backup.
(or) Using Acronis Backup

Adeel Ilyas Hinjrah
by Adeel Ilyas Hinjrah , Sr. Infrastructure Engineer , Malomatia

Active directory backup is included in "System State" of domain controller.
So keep system states in you backups and you are safe.
Additionally you can add ADC (additional domain controllers) in your environment.

system state in enough.
use a schedule windows back up plan, I suggest daily incremental using the windows server back up role.

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