Active Directory Administration Cookbook

Transferring FSMO roles using Windows PowerShell

To transfer FSMO roles using the Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole PowerShell cmdlet from the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, use (pieces of) the following script:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "DC01" -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "DC01" -OperationMasterRole DomainNamingMaster Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "DC01" -OperationMasterRole PDCEmulator Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "DC01" -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster  Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity "DC01" -OperationMasterRole InfrastructureMaster