Authoritative vs. Non-Authoritative Restores
Non-Authoritative
Authoritative
Default Restore Mode
With Windows Backup,
perform a Non-Authoritative
restore and then use
NTDSUTIL
Restores system state using
original USN
Restores system state using
original USN
Affects one DC only
Affects Multiple DCs
Useful when need to recover
information using replication
to that one DC
Useful when recovering
deleted objects that have
been replicated to all DCs