How to query and move FSMO roles with Server 2012 R2

In order to query the current FSMO roles we can run:

netdom query fsmo

or the painfull way:

Launch ntdsutil.exe:

roles
connections
connect to server <your-hostname>
q
select operation target
list roles for connected server

In order to move FSMO roles the easy way we can use the powershell cmdlet Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole:

Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity “Target-DC” -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster,RIDMaster,InfrastructureMaster,DomainNamingMaster,PDCEmulator

Or the traditional way using ntdsutil:

roles
connections
connect to server <your-hostname>
q
transfer domain naming master
transfer infrastructure master
transfer PDC
transfer RID master
transfer schema master

and finally restart the server!