Verification of replica failed while adding new Domain Controller

If you are upgrading Domain Controller to Windows Server 2016/2019 then you will receive below error as File Replications Services (FRS) is not supported from Windows Server 2016 onwards, how to fix this?

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Verification of replica failed. The specified domain [DomainName] is still using the File Replication Service (FRS) to replicate the SYSVOL share. FRS is deprecated

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Why we are getting Verification of replica failed error

Legacy Domain Controllers 2003 uses the FRS to replicate the files on SYSVOL & NETLOGON folders and from Windows Server 2008 Distributed File System Replication (DFSR) been used, however Domain Controller 2008 will be coexistence with FRS if Domain Functional Level (DFL) configured below Windows Server 2008

Also Read: SYSVOL and NETLOGON not shared on Windows server 2016/2012 R2

How to fix the Verification of replica failed error

As the FRS been replaced with DFSR, you have to migrate existing Domain from FRS to DFSR, there is a huge improvement over new DFSR and DFSR is more consistent and reliable compared to FRS

Also Read: Difference between FRS and DFSR

How to migrate SYSVOL replication from FRS to DFRS

Please refer below Microsoft migration guide to Migrating the FRS (File Replication Service) to DFSR (Distributed File System Replication) for SYSVOL Replication

SYSVOL Replication Migration Guide: FRS to DFS Replication

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