Active Directory Recycle Bin

Posted By: Adam Bomb | Jan 23rd @ 12:01 AM | 28,960 Views | 21 Comments
Joey was there for me in a pinch when I went looking for something new to put up for today.
He was doing some work on a demo for Active Directory Recycle Bin, and he showed me what he's working on.
The new Recycle Bin functionality in Server 2008 R2 is really cool - you can actually undelete objects, and all their attributes are restored as if the object never went away - no requirement to rejoin the domain for computer objects, for example.
The feature is all implemented in PowerShell, so Joey also gives us a sneak peek at the new PowerShell GUI.
Tags: Active Directory, Top 10, Windows Server 2008 R2
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#Jan 26th @ 4:28 PM
Joey
Joey

Sure I hear ya Goran.  I'll pass the feedback along!

#Jan 27th @ 10:21 AM
Joey
Joey

With the comments and questions you've brought up, I thought it would be worth it to add more details on the AD Recycle Bin on my blog. 

#Jan 27th @ 11:43 AM
Goran Topalovic
Goran Topalovic

The only bad thing about AD RB is the forest functional level, and in the production environment, we will have to wait some time to upgrade all DC's to R2.
That is a pity, but eventually it will be done.

#Jan 30th @ 3:29 AM
Hariba
Hariba

Great tool. Any idea why it's not been enabled by default and why no GUI.

#Feb 1st @ 11:14 PM
Joey
Joey

The feature is not enabled by default to enable IT Pro's to make decisions on what configurations are best for their environments.  AD Recycle Bin once enabled cannot be disabled. 

In regards to the lack of GUI, it came down to making decisions on work that is happening in Active Directory for the R2 release and they placed priority on other workloads.  In the coming days I plan to interview the AD team and show all of you how many changes were made to AD.

#Feb 6th @ 8:59 PM
Goran Topalovic
Goran Topalovic
It is a great idea to publish the list of changes in the R2 AD. Thank you.
#Feb 13th @ 11:06 PM
Goran Topalovic
Goran Topalovic
Thank you for your effort.
 Offline join and AD Admin Center looks good. For AD Admin Center I did not see Vista as the supported system, only W7, W2K8 R2 ST, EE, DC.


  • The Active Directory Administrative Center can be installed only on computers running the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. The Active Directory Administrative Center cannot be installed on computers running Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008.

  • The Active Directory Administrative Center cannot be installed on the Windows 7 operating system. However, this functionality will be available in future releases of Windows 7.


    • W7(v6.1) is not that different from Vista(v6.0), and many people are using Vista, hence I think AD team should consider that.
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