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On existing DHCP

Open Powershell and then type in the following command


Export-DhcpServer -ComputerName "DC01.omanconvention.com" -File "C:\Media\DHCP\dhcpexport.xml" -Force -Verbose



Copy the file dhcpexport.xml to the new DHCP Server

Install and configure the DHCP role on new DHCP Server

Start the DHCP service

Type in the following command on Powershell to import the DHCP Data


Import-DhcpServer -ComputerName "DHCP01.omanconvention.com" -File "C:\Media\DHCP\dhcpexport.xml" -BackupPath "C:\Media\DHCP\" -ScopeOverwrite -Force -Verbose



Restart the DHCP service

Verify the DHCP Scopes


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001 Microsoft Disable Netbios Option 0x2

003 Router

006 DNS Servers

015 DNS Domain Name omanconvention.com



How to disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP by using DHCP server options

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/disable-netbios-tcp-ip-using-dhcp

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Verify Current AD Schema


Get-ADObject (Get-ADRootDSE).schemaNamingContext -Property objectVersion


AD version objectVersion

Windows Server 2000 13

Windows Server 2003 30

Windows Server 2003 R2 31

Windows Server 2008 44

Windows Server 2008 R2 47

Windows Server 2012 56

Windows Server 2012 R2 69

Windows Server 2016 87

Windows Server 2019 88

Windows Server 2022 88

Windows Server 2025 91


Verify the FSMO Role Holders


From Windows Server Media, copy Support folder to a Schema Master


Open command prompt in elevated mode and navigate to location of Support folder c:\Media\Support\adprep

Run "adprep.exe /forestprep"

and Run "adprep.exe /domainprep"



This will upgrade the Schema and Domain-wide information. This process will create two log files under c:\windows\debug\adprep\logs\yyyymmddhhmmss with name ADPrep.log & ldif.log

ADPrep.log will show successful upgrade of Schema and ldif.log will show attributes which has been extended to schema


Run "adprep /domainprep /gpprep"

Run "adprep /rodcprep"


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