Specifications
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At a minimum, you must have membership in Enterprise Admins, or equivalent access privileges. For additional information, refer to the Microsoft
TechNet article .Local and Domain Default Groups
Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin
Use the following steps to enable AD Recycle Bin using the : Enable-ADOptionalFeature cmdlet
Log in to the Windows Server, and go to .Start > Administrative Tools
Right-click , :Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell and click Run as administrator
At the PowerShell command prompt, enter the following command, replacing the bracketed variable as
appropriate:
Enable-ADOptionalFeature -Identity <ADOptionalFeature> -Scope
<ADOptionalFeatureScope> -Target <ADEntity>
Press Enter:
Important
You must use to run the commands described in this set of steps or an error willActive Directory Module for Windows PowerShell
occur. To run these commands using Windows PowerShell directly, run the command to import-module activedirectory import
the Active Directory cmdlet.