Individual object restore

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
• receive a request to restore an object;
• search for a tombstone associated with the object,
• wherein if the object tombstone is found, reanimate the object from the object tombstone,
• wherein if the object tombstone is not found or upon receiving a request to restore from backup:
• output a representation of available backup files;
• receive a selection of at least one of the available backup files;
• restore at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location;
• mount at least one of the restored backup files as a server;
• output a representation of available objects from the server;
• receive a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server;
• and
• copy the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory.