Windows Security Log Event ID 4878

4878: Certificate Services restore started

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self explanatory

To find out when the restore ended look later in the log for 4879.

This event event is only logged if "Backup and restore the CA database" is enabled on the Audit tab of the CA's properties in Certificate Services MMC snap-in and of course if the Certificate Services audit subcategory is enabled with auditpol

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