1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers, and then click Connect to Domain Controller.

3. In Enter the name of another domain controller, type the name of the domain controller you want to hold the PDC emulator role.

   Or, click the domain controller in the list of available domain controllers.

4. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers, point to All Tasks, and then click Operations Masters.
5. Click the PDC tab, and then click Change.

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• To transfer a role to another domain controller, you may first need to change the focus of Active Directory Users and Computers to the target domain controller. To do this, right-click Active Directory Users and Computers, click Connect to Domain Controller, and then click the target domain controller.

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:

ntdsutil

3. At the ntdsutil command prompt, type:

roles

4. At the fsmo maintenance command prompt, type:

connection

5. At the server connections command prompt, type:

connect to server DomainController

6. At the server connections command prompt, type:

quit

7. At the fsmo maintenance command prompt, type:

transfer PDC

Value	Description
DomainController	The domain controller to which you want to assign the new operations master role.

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• To view the complete syntax for this command, at the ntdsutil command prompt, type:

  roles ENTER

  ? ENTER