How to move Active Directory FSMO roles
Published May 28, 2022 by Danny Moran
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Introduction
How to move Active Directory FSMO roles
How to move Active Directory FSMO roles video
How to move all FSMO roles at once
To move 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
How to move just the PDC Emulator FSMO role
To move just the PDC Emulator FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole PDCEmulator
How to move just the RID Master FSMO role
To move just the RID Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster
How to move just the Infrastructure Master FSMO role
To move just the Infrastructure Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole InfrastructureMaster
How to move just the Schema Master FSMO role
To move just the Schema Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster
How to move just the Domain Naming Master FSMO role
To move just the Domain Naming Master FSMO role, you can use the following command:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "NEW-FSMO-SERVER-NAME" -OperationMasterRole DomainNamingMaster