FSMO Roles
Ajai Gupta | Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 05:52 hours | Replies : 1 | Points : 50
Category : Active Directory
What happens when RID, IM & PDC emulator gets down or fails ?
#Impacts on users
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Hi,
There will not be any impact to existing users if RID or IM is down or failed.
Yes, if PDC will down, user will not able to reset passwords. User account unlock will not happen Gradually time will skewed and if the difference goes beyond 300 seconds (by default) user will not able to login.
For more details on FSMO read https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc780487(v=ws.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN
