{"id":212,"date":"2023-09-19T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2023-09-25T05:59:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T05:59:36","slug":"what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the 5 FSMO Roles in Active Directory? Explain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FSMO stands for <strong>Flexible single master roles<\/strong> that help administrators perform different operations on AD. These roles are divided into forest-based or domain-based. <a href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-is-active-directory-domain-services\/\">Active Directory<\/a> will not function properly without having these core roles.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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in Active Directory<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#Schema_Master_Role\" title=\"Schema Master Role\">Schema Master Role<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#Domain_Naming_Master\" title=\"Domain Naming Master\">Domain Naming Master<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#PDC_Emulator\" title=\"PDC Emulator\">PDC Emulator<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#Infrastructure_Master\" title=\"Infrastructure Master\">Infrastructure Master<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#RIDs_Master\" title=\"RIDs Master\">RIDs Master<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#Priority_of_FSMO_Roles\" title=\"Priority of FSMO Roles\">Priority of FSMO Roles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#How_to_check_FSMO_Roles\" title=\"How to check FSMO Roles?\">How to check FSMO Roles?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#Transfer_FSMO_Roles_to_another_Domain_Controller\" title=\"Transfer FSMO Roles to another Domain Controller\">Transfer FSMO Roles to another Domain Controller<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-are-the-5-fsmo-roles-in-active-directory-explain\/#What_is_the_ntdsutil_command_used_for\" title=\"What is the ntdsutil command used for?\">What is the ntdsutil command used for?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_FSMO_Roles_in_Active_Directory\"><\/span>5 FSMO Roles in Active Directory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Schema_Master_Role\"><\/span><b>Schema Master Role<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It manages Read and writes a copy of the AD schema and defines all attributes. Without AD schema no one can update schema and attributes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain_Naming_Master\"><\/span><b>Domain Naming Master<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for creating or deleting a new domain name and verifying it. It also makes sure that we can\u2019t create a second domain in the forest having the same name.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PDC_Emulator\"><\/span><b>PDC Emulator<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for authenticating requests, managing GPOs, and changing passwords. <\/span><b>It keeps track of time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It uses NTLM and Kerberos protocol to authenticate users. If the passwords have changed then it is the PDC emulator that lets the user know that the passwords have been changed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Infrastructure_Master\"><\/span><b>Infrastructure Master<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for updating references from objects in the local domain to objects in other domains.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The infrastructure master role compares the changes with another domain where the global catalogue is located and the changes that happened after the last visit will be replicated in other domains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is recommended that the Global Catalogue and Infrastructure Master roles should not be in the same place or Domain. If both are in the same domain then Infrastructure Master will not be able to change and it&#8217;ll think that everything is up to date because both are in the same place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RIDs_Master\"><\/span><b>RIDs Master<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for allocating RIDs to DCs. The RID number is automatically assigned to every object on its creation and after that, it becomes a part of the object&#8217;s security identifier (SID) that uniquely identifies an account or group within a domain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Priority_of_FSMO_Roles\"><\/span><b>Priority of FSMO Roles<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If there is a scenario where something went wrong in your domain controller where you have all FSMO roles then in that case we will recover the roles according to priority based. Below are the priorities of FSMO roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PDC &gt; RID &gt; Domain &gt; Schema &gt; Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_check_FSMO_Roles\"><\/span><b>How to check FSMO Roles? <\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can check the FSMO roles by entering the command <em><b>netdom query fsmo<\/b><\/em><b>\u00a0<\/b>and you can see the results will<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-221 \" src=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-check-fsmo-roles.png\" alt=\"how to check FSMO roles\" width=\"518\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-check-fsmo-roles.png 710w, https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/how-to-check-fsmo-roles-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Transfer_FSMO_Roles_to_another_Domain_Controller\"><\/span><b>Transfer FSMO Roles to another Domain Controller<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here is the following command you can use to transfer the FSMO roles to different trusted Domain Controllers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type <\/span><b><em>ntdsutil<\/em> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type <\/span><b><em>roles<\/em> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type <\/span><b><em>connections<\/em> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type <\/span><em><b>connect to server Kuldeep<\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and press Enter, (Where <\/span><b>Kuldeep<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the server computer name that will transfer the FSMO roles.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type <\/span><b><em>quit<\/em> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><b>transfer schema master<\/b><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><b>transfer rid master<\/b><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><b>transfer naming master<\/b><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><b>transfer PDC<\/b><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><b>transfer infrastructure master<\/b><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-222 \" src=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-1024x733.png\" alt=\"How to transfer FSMO roles.png\" width=\"742\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-1536x1099.png 1536w, https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/How-to-transfer-FSMO-roles-2048x1465.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_ntdsutil_command_used_for\"><\/span>What is the ntdsutil command used for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NTDSutil.exe utility is one of the key tools to manage <a href=\"https:\/\/coderepublics.com\/blog\/active-directory\/what-is-active-directory-domain-services\/\">Active Directory<\/a> and its database (ntds.dit file). Here are some use points where we mostly use the <em><strong>ntdsutil<\/strong> <\/em>commands.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Transfer (seizing) FSMO<\/strong> roles in the AD domain between domain controllers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Authoritative restoring<\/strong> of deleted objects in Active Directory;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remove faulty (missing) AD domain controllers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing AD database maintenance: checking integrity, compressing, and moving the ntds.dit file or AD log files to another drive on a domain controller in order to increase performance;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Active Directory snapshot management.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change the administrator password for the DSRM (Directory Services Restore Mode) recovery mode<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FSMO stands for Flexible single master roles that help administrators perform different operations on AD. 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