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How to use Powershell to transfer the FSMO roles to a Windows Server 2012
Published 2013-03-14 • Blog, Servers
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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