Network Manager

Tim Lewis

Service Manager

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You can move them all in one go with the following PowerShell cmdlet:<br><br><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43243189-1">Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole “2012dcname” –OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4</code></pre><br>
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You can move them all in one go with the following PowerShell cmdlet:



Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole “2012dcname” –OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4


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Hello,<br><br>What are the steps that I need to do in order to move the AD roles of 2008 R2 domain controllers to Server 2012 R2 Domain controllers? &nbsp; I already have a mixed environment of 2008 R2 DC's and 2012 DC's. &nbsp;The one thing I am not sure of when I read about it is the domain and forest prep since I am already running 2012 Dc's. &nbsp;If I check in Regedit the schema version shown on 2008 and 2012 is showing version 69 so I believe that step is already done. &nbsp; Would I just need to move the roles now and everything should be good to go? Functional level is currently 2008 R2.
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Hello,
What are the steps that I need to do in order to move the AD roles of 2008 R2 domain controllers to Server 2012 R2 Domain controllers?   I already have a mixed environment of 2008 R2 DC's and 2012 DC's.  The one thing I am not sure of when I read about it is the domain and forest prep since I am already running 2012 Dc's.  If I check in Regedit the schema version shown on 2008 and 2012 is showing version 69 so I believe that step is already done.   Would I just need to move the roles now and everything should be good to go? Functional level is currently 2008 R2.

Moving AD roles from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.