Active Directory could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition

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Just recently I was asked by a client to migrate their Active Directory 2008 R2 servers to Windows Server 2016. All was going well until I needed to demote the old domain controllers and ran DCPROMO.  I was presented with the error Active Directory could not transfer the remaining data in directory partition.  Then below it stated The directory service is missing mandatory configuration information, and is unable to determine the ownership of floating single-master operation roles.  Before starting with the fix I would just note that every step here is important.  Missing some of the details and skipping over things (you may think you know) will slow you down in the long run.

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