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Seizing an Operations Master Role
Updated: February 28, 2009
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to transfer (“seize”) an operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) role.
The following example demonstrates how to seize an operations master role:
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity FABRIKAM-DC1 -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster,DomainNamingMaster -Force
For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole –detailed, and then press ENTER.
