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3.2.4.1 Promotion

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Promotion is the act of configuring a server operating system to be a domain controller. At the beginning of promotion, ComputerOperationState MUST be set to DsRoleOperationActive. At the end of promotion, ComputerOperationState MUST be set to DsRoleOperationNeedReboot. Finally, all protocols on the server MUST be reinitialized to complete promotion.<9> The appropriate states of ComputerOperationState and ComputerRole are set during initialization according to section 3.2.3, regardless of the state of a promotion.

The operation or set of operations that constitute promotion (that configure a server operating system to be a domain controller) are server-to-server operations and are not included in this document and are not required for interoperation with clients. The required configuration for successful promotion is the abstract state required of a domain controller's existence as described in [MS-ADTS] section 6.1.2.1.