Nothing bites you back harder than bad backups in a situation in which you need to restore stuff in Active Directory . Few days ago, I was on a visit to one of our clients , he asked me "Is there is a fast way that I can use to confirm that my Active Directory Database was backed up ?" , I answered "Yes , there is". Although backing up of Active Directory database can be performed using tons of ways , a simple command can be used to assure that your Active Directory database was backed up, which is :