Cannot transfer Schema role to another Domain Controller

I've inherited a small data center that is setup with two domain controllers. The first domain controller (that is home to the five operational masters roles (win2003server) is an older server and I want to move the operational masters to the other domain controller server (win2003r2 server). When I go to the Active Directory Scheme mmc plug-in, and go to Operations Master, the Change button is greyed out. Do I need to move the other roles first prior to moving the Schema Master role or is this greyed out for another reason?

asked Jan 21, 2012 at 22:00 389 3 3 gold badges 7 7 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges

3 Answers 3

You are likely not a member of the Schema Admins group. You need that group membership to transfer the schema master role.

answered Jan 21, 2012 at 22:21 11.9k 1 1 gold badge 27 27 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges

If you still cannot change it after adding the user to the "Schema Admin" group, try closing the windows session and re-logging in. This was necessary for me on a Windows 2003 Domain Controller