What is FSMO roles and explain?

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FSMO roles are flexible single master operations roles in Active Directory that control specific operations and functions.

FSMO roles are used in Active Directory to manage and control specific operations and functions.
There are five FSMO roles: Schema Master, Domain Naming Master, PDC Emulator, RID Master, and Infrastructure Master.
Schema Master role manages updates and modifications to the Active Directory schema.
Domain Naming Master role controls the addition or removal of domains in the forest.
PDC Emulator role provides backward compatibility for older Windows NT systems and acts as the primary domain controller for password changes and time synchronization.
RID Master role allocates unique security identifiers (SIDs) to objects created in a domain.
Infrastructure Master role ensures that cross-domain object references are properly maintained.
Each FSMO role can be held by a single domain controller in a forest.
If a domain controller holding an FSMO role fails, another domain controller can seize the role to ensure continuity.

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FSMO stand for Flexible Master Operation role, there is five roles are available which is dived in two parts one is forest wide roles and another is domain wide roles well in forest wide roles there is two roles are available schema master and domain naming master and in domain wide there is three roles are available PDC, RID and Infrastructure roles and each roles has different responsibility .

What is FSMO roles and explain?

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