How To Demote Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

If you have some problems and want to demote your Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller, here is short and fast way to do it. I don't want to make it so complicated. Just follow the instruction and finish your demoting.

There're some reasons that you want to consider to demote your system:

+ There are no domain controllers currently available in the parent domain when you try to demote the last domain controller in an immediate child domain.

+ The Active Directory Installation Wizard cannot complete because there is a name resolution, authentication, replication engine, or Active Directory object dependency that you cannot resolve after you perform detailed troubleshooting.

+ A domain controller has not replicated incoming Active Directory changes in Tombstone Lifetime (Default Tombstone Lifetime is 60 days) number of days for one or more naming contexts (see also KB article 216993).

+ Time does not permit more detailed troubleshooting because you must immediately bring into service the domain controller.