Danny Moran

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