Finding the Operations Master Role Holders
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to find the operations master (also known as flexible single master operations or FSMO) role holders.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to find the operations master role holders for the Fabrikam.com forest or Fabrikam.com domain:
Get-ADForest Fabrikam.com | FT SchemaMaster,DomainNamingMaster
or:
Get-ADDomain Fabrikam.com | FT PDCEmulator,RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster
Additional information
For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to GetADForest or Get-ADDomain, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help GetADForest –detailed or Get-Help GetADDomain –detailed, and then press ENTER.