The most recent issue of TechNet magazine had a very informative article on the backup and restoration of Active Directory in Windows Server 2008.
The article goes into also describing the new backup component of Windows Server 2008 and how it is different from NTBackup. Very interesting article that worth reading. Here is the link
I need to keep a link to these step-by-step guides because I have a feeling they will come handy at some point. They are also a good source of information for evaluating Windows Server 2008
Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 on its web site. The download for the 32 bit iso file is 1.87 GB and can be downloaded from the following link
