• Back to basics – FSMO Roles

    Today in class I hade a student who had a Windows Server 2012 Essentials migration that did nor succeed. The reason was that the FSMO move did not complete.

    To list all the FSMO roles using NTDSutil:

       1: ntdsutil: roles

       2: fsmo maintenance: connections

       3: server connections: connect to server [TheNameOfYourDC]

       4: server connections: q

       5: fsmo maintenance: Select operation target

       6: select operation target: List roles for connected server

    To seize all the FSMO roles using NTDSutil:

       1: fsmo maintenance: Seize domain naming master

       2: fsmo maintenance: Seize infrastructure master

       3: fsmo maintenance: Seize PDC

       4: fsmo maintenance: Seize RID master

       5: fsmo maintenance: Seize schema master

    If you, like in this case, have a broken DC, remember to delete the object from AD Users and Computers and Sites and Services

    /Johan