How do I seize the Active Directory Roles from a failed Domain Controller?

Problem:
Your Active Directory Domain Controller has failed and it held FSMO or Flexible Single Master of Operations roles.

Solution:
I’m certain that any System Administrator you ask will have been here at some point in their career.  A Domain Controller has failed and is beyond repair, we have a backup domain controller or built a new one but now need to transfer the FSMO roles over.  This is how you do it:

First login to the new potential FSMO role holder Domain controller and type each of the following commands followed by pressing enter:

Type:

ntdsutil

Type:

roles

Type:

connections

Type the below where ‘MyDomainController’ is the name of your server:

connect to server MyDomainController

Then press q (Yes seems odd to quit but this is normal)

q

Now you need to seize and the role of your choice:

seize 		schema master
		naming master
		pdc
		rid master
		infrastructure master

When asked ‘Are you sure you want server “MyDomainController” to seize the <Role name> with the value below’ click yes.

Press q again:

q

The role is seized.