https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2010/08/12/using-ad-recycle-bin-to-restore-deleted-dns-zones-and-their-contents-in-windows-server-2008-r2/

Running the Powershell commands, you may see some errors (‘could not add object, as it is in use..’) . Just Ignore these

(Quick) Restoring a Deleted AD Zone

Get-ADObject -Filter {displayName -eq “mylocal.site”} -IncludeDeletedObjects | Restore-ADObject

Restore a Deleted AD Object

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/dd379509(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

Restoring an entire Deleted Site

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2010/08/12/using-ad-recycle-bin-to-restore-deleted-dns-zones-and-their-contents-in-windows-server-2008-r2/

Restoring a Deleted AD Zone

Get-ADObject -Filter {displayName -eq “mylocal.site”} -IncludeDeletedObjects | Restore-ADObject

Audit Trail on Domain Controller – DNS Events Audit

Event viewer>Applications and Services logs>Microsoft>windows>DNS-Server>Audit

If you do not see a DNS-server component, enable DNS record auditing manually.

Right-click DNS Server, point to View, and then click “Show Analytic and Debug Logs“. Right-click Analytical and then click on Properties. Confirm the “Enable logging” check box is selected.

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