How to seize Active Directory FSMO roles
Published June 04, 2022 by Danny Moran
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Introduction
How to seize Active Directory FSMO roles
How to seize Active Directory FSMO roles video
How to seize all FSMO roles at once
To seize all Active Directory FSMO roles at once, you can use the following PowerShell command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4 -force
How to seize just the PDC Emulator FSMO role
To seize just the PDC Emulator FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole PDCEmulator -force
How to seize just the RID Master FSMO role
To seize just the RID Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster -force
How to seize just the Infrastructure Master FSMO role
To seize just the Infrastructure Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole InfrastructureMaster -force
How to seize just the Schema Master FSMO role
To seize just the Schema Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster -force
How to seize just the Domain Naming Master FSMO role
To seize just the Domain Naming Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole DomainNamingMaster -force