Microsoft Exchange Server Authoritative Restore Force a restored directory database to replicate to your other servers after restoring from a backup by...
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Microsoft Exchange Server Authoritative Restore Description

Normally, a restored database is assumed to be more out-of-date than the collective information held on all the other directory replicas in the organization. A restored directory would normally replace its own information with the more recent data held by other servers. This functionality is correct when the reason for the restore is that a database or server was destroyed, but it is not correct in all cases. For example, if an administrative error deleted thousands of mailboxes or vital configuration information, the goal of restoring from backup is not to restore one server to functionality, but to move the entire system back to the state before the unwanted changes were made. Without Authoritative Restore, you would need to restore every server in the organization from a backup that predates the error or restore every server in the site, and then force all bridgeheads in other sites to resynchronize from scratch. If only one server were restored, or if servers were restored one at a time, the restored server would quickly overwrite its restored data with the more recent (incorrect) information held by all other servers in the site. Using the Authoritative Restore tool, object versions and the update sequence numbers (USNs) can be advanced on all writable objects held by that directory so that the data held on the backup appears to be more recent than any copy held by other servers. Normal replication then causes the restored information to spread to all servers throughout the organization. This tool allows you to restore one server (presumably the one server with the most recent backup prior to the error) rather than all servers. Get Microsoft Exchange Server Authoritative Restore and try it for yourself to see what it can actually do for you!

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