Transferring an Operations Master Role

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to transfer operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) roles.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to transfer the Operation Master, RID Master, and Domain Naming Master roles to the server FABRIKAM-DC1 in the domain to which you are currently logged on:

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity FABRIKAM-DC1 -OperationMasterRole RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster,DomainNamingMaster

Additional information

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.