How to Transfer FSMO Roles

To transfer the FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil utility, performed the following Steps;-

1.First of all log on to Domain and Domain Controller running Windows 2000 Server-or Windows Server 2003 is located in the forest where FSMO roles are being transferred. First make sure to log on to the domain controller that you are assigning FSMO roles to. Make sure that the user must be a member of the Enterprise Administrators group to transfer Schema Master or Domain naming master roles, or a member of the Domain Administrators group of the domain where the PDC emulator, RID master and the Infrastructure master roles are being transferred.
2.Click on Start, and then select Run, type then command ntdsutil and then OK to proceed.
3.After performing step 2, type the Roles which one by and then press ENTER to transfer.
4.Type connections, and then press ENTER to continue.
5.Then after doing step 4 type: connect to server servername, and then press ENTER, where servername is the domain controller name which you want to assign the FSMO Role to.
6.At the server connections prompt, type q, and then press ENTER to Quite the Current window.
7.To transfer the simply type, transfer role, where role is the role that you want to transfer. To get hep about how to transfer role simply type question mark ? at the fsmo maintenance, and then press ENTER, or you can see the list of roles as given below. For example, to transfer the RID master role, simply type transfer rid master. There is PDC Emulator role, whose syntax is transfer pdc, but not transfer pdc emulator this is the main exception here.
FSMO role Partition

Schema CN=Schema,CN=configuration,DC=

Domain Naming Master CN=configuration,DC=

PDC DC=

RID DC=

Infrastructure DC=

To exit the Window of fsmo maintenance, simply type q, and then press ENTER to gain access to the ntdsutil prompt and then type same command as, q, and press Enter to Close the Windows.