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Lesson 11/12 Active Directory FSMO: the 5 roles explained and transferred

Name: Active Directory FSMO: the 5 roles explained and transferred
Uploaded: 2026-05-19
Description: Understand the five FSMO roles, know which server holds them, and transfer them cleanly.

FSMO in Active Directory. Understanding the five roles: Schema Master, Domain Naming Master, PDC Emulator, RID Master and Infrastructure Master. Transferring them from the GUI and from PowerShell. The NTDS tool. The netdom query fsmo command.