Domain Controller and Operations Master Management

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

You can use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to manage your domain controllers and operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) roles in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The topics in this section explain how to use the Active Directory module to accomplish many of the common tasks that are associated with domain controller and operations master management:

• Finding the Domain Controllers for a Domain

• Finding the Closest Domain Controller

• Finding a Domain Controller's Site

• Finding the Global Catalog Servers in a Forest

• Moving a Domain Controller to a Different Site

• Enabling and Disabling the Global Catalog

• Determining Whether Global Catalog Promotion Is Complete

• Finding the Domain Controllers or Global Catalog Servers in a Site

• Finding Domain Controllers and Global Catalogs with DNS

• Enabling Universal Group Caching

• Seizing an Operations Master Role

• Finding the PDC Emulator Role Owner with DNS

• Finding the Operations Master Role Holders

• Transferring an Operations Master Role