Microsoft MVP explains 149 pages in only 12: Guide to Active Directory Forest Recovery

You know that Microsoft provides a 29-step guide to manual AD Forest recovery, but do you understand all that is involved in those 29 steps?

Liz Lovelace 6 February 2025
Microsoft MVP explains 149 pages in only 12: Guide to Active Directory Forest Recovery

Navigating the Microsoft site and printing all pages associated with the guide yields 149 pages of instructions on how to recover an AD forest in the event of a catastrophic breach. What you don’t necessarily get is complete clarity on the importance of each step or the fact that if some steps go wrong, you’ll have to start again from scratch.

To help navigate this information, Sean Deuby, Principal Technologist at Semperis and 15-time Microsoft MVP alumnus, has created a handy companion document, “What to Watch for When Using the Microsoft AD Forest Recovery Guide.”

  • Critical considerations that are not specifically documented but essential during recovery
  • Common recovery problems that could prolong business disruptions
  • Mistakes that can cause recovery failure if not completed correctly

Download this essential companion document now and make it required reading for everyone involved in AD recovery and management.

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Liz Lovelace Field Marketing Manager, Semperis

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For security teams charged with defending hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Semperis ensures the integrity and availability of critical enterprise directory services at every step in the cyber kill chain and cuts recovery time by 90%. Purpose-built for securing hybrid identity environments—including Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta—Semperis’ patented technology protects over 150 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches and operational errors.The world’s leading organizations trust Semperis to spot directory vulnerabilities, intercept cyberattacks in progress and quickly recover from ransomware and other data integrity emergencies. Semperis is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, and operates internationally, with its research and development team distributed throughout the United States, Canada and Israel. Semperis hosts the award-winning Hybrid Identity Protection Identity & Access Management (IAM) community, conference and podcast series (hipconf.com) and built the free community hybrid Active Directory cyber defender tools:Purple Knight – security assessment of your AD vulnerabilities: semperis.com/purple-knightForest Druid - attack path analysis tool to uncover the riskiest attack paths to your tier 0 assets: semperis.com/forest-druidEntraGoat - A deliberately vulnerable lab that simulates real-world identity misconfigurations in Microsoft Entra ID: semperis.com/blog/getting-started-with-entragoat-entra-id-simulation-labCheck out Midnight in the War Room: A Groundbreaking Cyberwar Documentary Featuring the World’s Leading Defenders and Reformed Hackers: midnightinthewarroom.com 

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