Directory Services Restore Mode

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Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is used on a Microsoft Windows Domain Controller to take the Active Directory on that machine offline.

Contents 1 How to Boot 2 Password 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] How to Boot

[edit] Password

In Windows 2000, the DSRM password is typically created as a null value (blank), which is also the Recovery Console password. In Windows Server 2003, a DSRM password must be defined when DCPromo is run.

[edit] See also

• Active Directory
• List of Microsoft Windows components

[edit] External links

• Securing the DSRM Password
• Restart the domain controller in Directory Services Restore Mode locally