Microsoft therefore introduced an Active Directory Recycle Bin, which is quite similar to the Windows Recycle Bin, so administrators could easily retrieve deleted objects. With the aid of the AD Recycle Bin, deleted items and their properties can be recovered, and services can keep running while the restoration is being done without the need to restore backups, restart Active Directory Domain Services, or restart domain controllers. It is necessary to explicitly enable the AD Recycle Bin in order to use this helpful feature because it is not enabled by default. It should be mentioned as well that turning on an Active Directory Recycle Bin is final. The Active Directory recycling bin can be enabled.
Steps to Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin
Final Words
That’s it with our article on how to Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin. Active Directory restoration is a tremendous hassle. This lesson has been painfully learned by every admin who has unintentionally deleted a user or an entire OU. For this reason, whenever you install (or take over) an Active Directory environment, you should always enable the AD recycle bin option.
