1. Open the Active Directory Schema snap-in.
2. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Schema and then click Change Domain Controller.
3. Click Specify Name and type the name of the domain controller that you want to hold the schema master role.
4. In the console tree, right-click Active Directory Schema, and then click Operations Master.
5. Click Change.

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• The Active Directory Schema snap-in must be connected to the schema master to perform this procedure. The Active Directory Schema snap-in connects to the schema master by default when it is started.
• If the Active Directory Schema snap-in is not installed, see Related Topics.

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 schema master

Value	Description
DomainController	The domain controller to which you want to transfer the role.

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

  roles ENTER

  ? ENTER