Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

On domain controllers running Windows Server with the Desktop Experience, follow these steps:

1. Sign in to the domain controller holding the PDC emulator FSMO role.
2. Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts (domain.msc).
3. In the left navigation pane, right-click the domain for which you want to raise the functional level, and then click Raise Domain Functional Level. The Raise domain functional level window appears:

4. From the Select an available forest functional level drop-down list, select the desired DFL, and then click Raise.

Alternatively, you can use the following two PowerShell commands:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory ...