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See who holds the FSMO roles

netdom query fsmo
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object PDCEmulator,RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster
Get-ADForest | Select-Object SchemaMaster,DomainNamingMaster

Why it works this way

A standing interview question and the first step in any odd domain failure.

Watch out

  • PDC Emulator handles time, lockouts and password changes — the most noticeable when it dies.
  • Graceful transfer: Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole.

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