Transferring the FSMO roles to a 2012 using Powershell is relatively easy.  The command is as follows.\n \nMove-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole Identity "ServerName" OperationMasterRole 0 1 2 3 4\n \nAlso do not forget to set the tiem service on your new DC.\nnet stop w32time\nw32tm /unregister\nw32tm /register\nnet start w32time\nnet time /setsntp:\nnet stop w32time & net start w32time\nw32tm /config /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update\nw32tm /resync /rediscover\nnet stop w32time & net start w32time\n \nOnce this is done use this command to verify.\n \nw32tm /monitor