Skills 101: RMAD & RMAD DRE Best Practices for AD Recovery

Active Directory recovery remains one of the most important parts of an organization’s resiliency strategy, especially as recovery expectations and attack scenarios continue to evolve. In this session, we’ll walk through practical RMAD and RMAD DRE best practices focused on backup validation, restore methods, permissions, reporting, and recovery planning considerations commonly seen in real environments.

We’ll explore:

• Console Configuration Backups and what they actually protect
• Common backup and recovery gotchas to avoid
• Differences between agent-based and agentless restores in the Online Restore Wizard
• Required permissions and recovery limitations for each restore approach
• What certain restore methods do not restore and alternative recovery options
• Using comparison reports and filters to validate and review changes before recovery
• Recommended AD backup frequency, retention, and Domain Controller coverage strategies
• How to verify whether your backups are usable before a real recovery scenario occurs
• The continued evolution of Standby Forest Provisioning within recovery planning

This session is designed for administrators and recovery teams looking to better understand operational recovery considerations, reduce recovery uncertainty, and improve overall AD recovery preparedness using RMAD and RMAD DRE.