FSMO Roles

What are FSMO Roles? List them

Flexible Single-Master Operation (FSMO) roles, manage an

Aspect of the domain or forest, to prevent conflicts

1. Domain Naming Master

If you want to add a domain to a forest, the domains name must be verifiably unique. The forests Domain Naming Master FSMOs authorize the domain name operation.

THIS ROLE HAS THE INFORMATION OF THE ENTIRE DOMAIN 

IN THE FOREST. SO WHEN U INSTALL THE NEW DOMAIN IN 

THE FOREST SO THAT IT FIRST CONNECT TO 

THE DOMAIN NAMING MASTER TO AVOID THE CONFLICTS.

2. Infrastructure Master

When a user and group are in Different domains, a lag can exist between changes to the User (e.g., a name change) and the users display in the Group. The Infrastructure Master of the group’s domain fixes the group-to-user reference to reflect the change. The Infrastructure Master performs its fixes locally and relies on replication to bring all other replicas of the domain up to date.

THIS ROLE REPLICATES ALL THE INFORMATION TO GLOBAL 

CATALOG TO MANAGE OBJECT FOR INTER DOMAIN

INTEROPERABILITY.

3. PDC Emulator

For backward compatibility, one DC in each Win2K domain must emulate a PDC for the benefit of Windows NT 4.0 and NT 3.5 DCs and clients.

THIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUTHENTICATION OF 

THE NT 4 CLIENTS.

4. RID Master

The RID Master must be available for you to use The Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kits Move tree utility to move objects between domains.

THIS ROLES GIVE THE RID'S TO THE DOMAINS AND 

RESPONSIBLE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION WITH THE DOMAIN 

IN THE FOREST.

5. Schema Master

At the heart of Active Directory (AD) is the Schema, which is like a blueprint of all objects and Containers. Because the schema must be the same throughout

The forest, only one machine can authorize schema modifications.

THIS ROLE HAS ALL THE SCHEMA INFORMATION OF THE FOREST.