Transfer FSMO (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 3 of Active Directory Cookbook, 2nd edition

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' This VBScript code transfers the PDC Emulator role to the specified owner. 
' See the discussion to see about transferring the other roles.

' ---------------------------------------------------------------
' From the book "Active Directory Cookbook" by Robbie Allen
' Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates
' ISBN: 0-596-00466-4
' Book web site: http://rallenhome.com/books/adcookbook/code.html
' ---------------------------------------------------------------

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strNewOwner = "<NewRoleOwner>"  ' e.g. dc2.rallencorp.com
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------

Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://" & strNewOwner & "/RootDSE")
objRootDSE.Put "becomePDC", 1
objRootDSE.SetInfo

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