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Transfer FSMO Roles 2008 R2 Domain Controller
First log into the domain controller you want to hold the roles and launch a command prompt and run the following:
C:\system32\admin>ntdsutil
ntdsutil: roles
fsmo maintenance: connections
server connections: connect to server "domain controllers hostname"
you will now have confirmation of connection to the server
server connections: quit
Now you are ready to transfer the FSMO roles.
fsmo maintenance: transfer schema master
fsmo maintenance: transfer rid master
fsmo maintenance: transfer infrastructure master
fsmo maintenance: transfer pdc
fsmo maintenance: transfer naming master ("domain" not included when running from a 2008 DC)
You have now transfered all the FSMO roles to your 2008 R2 domain controller and can logout of ntdsutil
fsmo maintenance: quit
ntdsutil: quit
In order to confirm all FSMO roles have transferred to your desired destination run the following:
C:\users\admin>netdom query fsmo
Schema master server.domain.com
Domain naming master server.domain.com
PDC server.domain.com
RID pool manager server.domain.com
Infrastructure master server.domain.com
The command completed successfully.