What are FSMO roles in Active Directory (AD) ?
FSMO roles basically stand for Flexible single master operations, these are a set of specialized roles in an Active Directory domain. FSMO roles are also called Operations master roles. These roles are responsible for performing specific tasks related to the management and operations of the Active Directory domain and forest. There are five FSMO roles as follows and are divided into two categories: 1. Forest-Wide Roles: Schema Master (Schema FSMO) : This role is responsible for managing updates to the Active Directory schema. It ensures that changes to the schema, such as adding new object classes or attributes, are replicated correctly to all domain controllers in the forest. There is only one Schema Master per forest. Domain Naming Master (Domain Naming FSMO) : The Domain Naming Master role controls the addition and removal of domains in the forest. It ensures that domain names are unique within the forest and that domain additio...