Use the Recycle Bin to permanently delete accounts, restore accounts, or view properties of deleted accounts. You can also search for specific accounts and track how many days a deleted account has been in the Recycle Bin. A Recycle Bin tab is also included in the Properties window for a selected domain. From this tab you can disable or enable the Recycle Bin for the entire domain or for specific objects, as well as schedule a Recycle Bin cleanup.
Use the Restore All or Empty Recycle Bin options to quickly and easily restore or delete these accounts.
When you restore an account, DRA reinstates the account, including all permissions, power delegations, policy assignments, group memberships, and ActiveView memberships. If you permanently delete an account, DRA removes this account from the Active Directory.
To ensure secure account deletion, only assistant administrators who have the following powers can permanently delete the accounts from the Recycle Bin:
Delete User Account Permanently
Delete User from Recycle Bin
Delete Group Account Permanently
Delete Group from Recycle Bin
Delete Computer Account Permanently
Delete Computer from Recycle Bin
Delete Contact Account Permanently
Delete Contact from Recycle Bin
Delete Dynamic Distribution Group Permanently
Delete Dynamic Distribution Group from Recycle Bin
Delete Dynamic Group Permanently
Delete Dynamic Group from Recycle Bin
Delete Resource Mailbox Permanently
Delete Resource Mailbox from Recycle Bin
Delete Shared Mailbox Permanently
Delete Shared Mailbox from Recycle Bin
View all Recycle Bin Objects
To restore an account from the Recycle Bin, assistant administrators must have the following powers in the OU that contains the account:
Restore User From Recycle Bin
Restore Group from Recycle Bin
Restore Dynamic Distribution Group from Recycle Bin
Restore Dynamic Group from Recycle Bin
Restore Resource Mailbox from Recycle Bin
Restore Shared Mailbox from Recycle Bin
Restore Computer from Recycle Bin
Restore Contact from Recycle Bin
View all Recycle Bin Objects
NOTE:
If you delete an assistant administrator account to the Recycle Bin, DRA continues to display the ActiveView and role assignments for this account. Instead of displaying the name of the deleted assistant administrator account, DRA displays the security identifier (SID). You can remove these assignments before you permanently delete the assistant administrator account.
DRA deletes the home directory after you delete the user account from the Recycle Bin.
If you delete a user who has an Office 365 license, the user account goes to the Recycle Bin and the license is removed. If you later restore the user account, the Office 365 license will also be restored.