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Why can I only demote a Domain controller by forcing an error
In the past when demoting a DC one would first start DCPromo and if you did not but tried to remove the role you would get a warning you needed to demote it first. Now DCPromo is gone in favour of a ...
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The wizard is just a GUI hiding a set of Powershell cmdlets. Try Uninstall-ADDSDomainController by example.
Thanks, this gives even more info than I asked. But the Uninstall-ADDSDomaqinController was wat I needed. Uninstalling / demoting a DC is straightforward, installing/promoting a DC takes a bit more effort when not all parameters are the default. But, as I learned, I can get a copy of the powershell command just after finishing all the questions in the wizzard. 🙂
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