Recovering from Accidentally Deleted AD objects with PowerShell , AD Recycle BIN , Windows 2012 Active Directory.

We will recovery accidently deleted user account via PS in windows 2012 domain environment. To prepare the scenario we will fist delete the user and recovery it.

Log onto  Windows 2012 DC with administrator privileges.Open PS with administrator privileges

Type following.

Get-ADUser -Filter 'Name -like "*C-Ron Buzon"'

We will delete the user

Get-ADUser -Filter 'Name -like "*C-Ron Buzon"' | Remove-ADUser -Confirm:$false

user has been deleted

we can see user within the Deleted Objects container in ADAC

Get-ADobject -Filter 'Name -like "*C-Ron*"' -IncludeDeletedObjects

we will restore this user

Get-ADobject -Filter 'Name -like "*C-Ron*"' -IncludeDeletedObjects | Restore-ADObject

if I check to see user is back to ADDS

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Oz Casey, Dedeal ( MVP north America)
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