Migrating the FSMO Roles!

Just a quick little reference for my own personal life.
Applies to server 2003-2008 R2 (and beyond most likely)

Follow instructions here from Microsoft for the GUI version!
Follow instructions here from Microsoft for the CLI version!

Make sure to modify the w32tm/ntp service too!
On the new DC:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update
net stop w32time
net start w32time

 

On the old DC:

w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /reliable:no /update
net stop w32time
net start w32time

 

Have a dance party on the old DC!