Domain Group Backup Operators

In the details pane double click backup operators.

Domain group backup operators. I have known people use the local system account without issue but if you are backing up to disk and want to do a grt backup of ad then it requires a domain admin account as it needs to access every component of ad during the backup and more importantly during a restore. Securing domain controllers to improve. On the backup operators properties dialog box click add.

I read a little bit about the restricted users in gpos so i using restricted users i added the domain users group to every computers local backup operators group. When you add a user to a group the user receives all the user rights that are assigned to the group and all the permissions that are assigned to the group for any shared resources. By default the group has no members.

By sean metcalf in activedirectorysecurity microsoft security technical reference. When backing up the shadow copy components of a dc you are backing up all ad components. By default the only member is the domain users group.

Print operators can manage printers and document queues. For example a member of the backup operators group has the right to perform backup operations for all domain controllers in the domain. Active directory has several levels of administration beyond the domain admins group.

Backup operators can back up and restore all files on a computer regardless of the permissions that protect those files. By default the group has no members. For more information see permissions required for the windows file system agent.

Backup operators can back up and restore all files on a computer regardless of the permissions that protect those files. Backup operators also can log on to the computer and shut it down. In a previous post i explored.