Transferring FSMO roles using the MMC snap-ins

To transfer the Domain Naming Master FSMO role, follow these steps while on a domain controller in the root forest domain, signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group:

  1. Open Active Directory Domains and Trusts (domain.msc).
  2. In the left navigation pane, right-click Active Directory Domains and Trusts and select Change Active Directory Domain Controller.
  3. Select the domain controller you want to transfer the Domain Naming Master FSMO role to from the list of domain controllers.
  1. Click OK when you're done.
  2. In the left navigation pane, right-click Active Directory Domains and Trusts and select Operation Master.
  3. Click Change.
  4. Click Yes to answer the question Are you sure you want to transfer the operations master role to a different computer? in the Active Directory Domains and Trusts popup window.
  5. Click OK to acknowledge that The operations master was successfully transferred in the second Active Directory Domains and Trusts popup window.
  6. Click Close to close the Operations Master window.
  7. Close Active Directory Domains and Trusts.

To transfer the Domain Naming Master FSMO role, follow these steps while on a domain controller in the root forest domain, signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group:

  1. Open an elevated Command Prompt (cmd.exe).
  2. Register the schmmgmt.dll library on the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) with the following command:
regsvr32.exe schmmgmt.dll
  1. Click OK in the RegSvr32 popup screen stating DllRegisterServer in schmmgmt.dll succeeded.
  2. On the Command Prompt (cmd.exe), run the following command to start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC):
mmc.exe
  1. In the MMC screen, open the File menu from the task bar. 
  2. Click Add/Remove Snap-in in the File menu.
  3. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins screen, in the right list of Available Snap-ins, select Active Directory Schema.
  4. Click Add > to add the snap-in to the list of Selected snap-ins.
  5. Click OK to close the Add or Remove Snap-ins screen.
  6. In the left navigation pane, right-click Active Directory Schema and select Change Active Directory Domain Controller.
  7. Select the domain controller you want to transfer the Schema Master FSMO role to, from the list of domain controllers.
  1. Click OK when done.
  2. Click OK in the Active Directory Schema popup to acknowledge that the Active Directory Schema snap-in is not connected to the schema operations master. You will not be able to perform any changes. Schema modifications can only be made on the schema FSMO holder.
  3. Right-click Active Directory Schema again and select Operation Master from the menu.
  4. Click Change.
  5. Click Yes to answer the question Are you sure you want to change the Operations Master? in the Active Directory Schema popup window.
  6. Click OK to acknowledge that the Operations Master transferred successfully.
  7. Click Close to close the Operations Master window.
  8. Close the Microsoft Management Console. If the Active Directory schema is useful as an MMC snap-in, you can optionally save the console settings.

To transfer the RID Master, PDCe and Infrastructure Master FSMO roles, follow these steps on a domain controller, logged in with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group:

  1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers (dsa.msc).
  2. In the left navigation pane, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers and select Change Active Directory Domain Controller....
  3. Select the domain controller you want to transfer the RID Master, PDC emulator, and/or Infrastructure Master FSMO roles to, from the list of domain controllers.
  4. Click OK when done.
  5. In the left navigation pane, right-click the domain name and select Operation Masters.
  6. Select the appropriate tab for the FSMO role you intend to transfer and click Change.
  7. Click Yes to answer the question Are you sure you want to transfer the operations master role? in the Active Directory Domain Services popup window.
  8. Click OK to acknowledge that The operations master was successfully transferred. in the second Active Directory Domain Services popup window.
  9. Repeat steps five through seven to transfer the other FSMO roles, if applicable.
  10. Click Close to close the Operations Master window.
  11. Close Active Directory Users and Computers.
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