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Has anyone done<br />
<a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/09/18/cloneable-domain-controller.aspx" rel="ugc">http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/09/18/cloneable-domain-controller.aspx</a><br />
to restore a domain controller that <br />
has a hardware/etc failure ?<br />
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If not, what is the BEST recommendation you have for<br />
QUICK &quot;Windows 2012 domain controller&quot; restores<br />
when hardware/etc failure happens when you only <br />
have ONE location and ONE domain controller ?
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Has anyone done
http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/09/18/cloneable-domain-controller.aspx
to restore a domain controller that 
has a hardware/etc failure ?

If not, what is the BEST recommendation you have for
QUICK "Windows 2012 domain controller" restores
when hardware/etc failure happens when you only 
have ONE location and ONE domain controller ?

Windows 2012 -- cloneable domain controller ?

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.