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...server you want to transfer the roles to (it is important, otherwise you'll get an error). For domain DNS zones: Connect to DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=yourdomain,DC=tld Open the properties of the object CN=Infrastructure,DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=yourdomain,DC=tld Change the attribute fSMORoleOwner toCN=NTDSSettings,CN=Name_of_DC,CN=Servers,CN=DRSite,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Yourdomain,DC=TLD For forest DNS zones Connect to DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=yourdomain,DC=tld and do the same. Same for any other application partitions if they exist. Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/...