: The GUI includes fields at the top of each column to filter the list of tombstoned objects, which is essential for large environments where many objects may be deleted daily. Hierarchical Awareness : It helps identify the original Organizational Unit (OU)
Click the Scan button. AdRestoreNet will call AdRestore in the background to enumerate all tombstoned objects. For large domains (50,000+ objects), this may take 30-60 seconds. adrestorenet the gui version of adrestore
View specific attributes of a deleted object before deciding to restore it. : The GUI includes fields at the top
Click the Enumerate button to scan the Deleted Objects container. For large domains (50,000+ objects), this may take
They began prototyping in evenings. The first objective was simple: make restores more visible and less error-prone. They kept AdRestore’s robust engine for data retrieval and transaction safety but wrapped it in a graphical shell—AdRestoreNET. The GUI would translate complex commands into deliberate, discoverable actions, and every change would be accompanied by explicit confirmations and a simulated preview.
While the original adrestore.exe is effective, it requires manually answering "Yes" or "No" to each object prompt, which is time-consuming in large environments. ADRestore.NET addresses this with several enhancements:
Last year, I watched a junior admin accidentally delete a security group that contained 200 nested groups used for a file server permission structure. Restoring manually would have taken days. Using adrestore from the CLI would have taken 10 minutes of typing commands.