Checklist of roles to move when decommissioning the Active Directory PDC

 Checklist of roles to move when decommissioning the Active Directory PDC


- DNS (inc wpad blocking removal)

- DHCP (remember to add helper to L3 switches first) 

- A.D. PDC, RID Master, Schema Master, Domain naming master, Infrastructure Master

- Any references to LDAP

- If this is the root domain controller, remember to add a time source to the internet


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