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Only when all Domain Controllers for an Active Directory domain would run the newer version of Windows Server, could an Active Directory admin raise the Domain Functional Level (DFL) to the version corresponding with the version of Windows Server. When upgrading Domain Controllers to newer versions of Windows Server or transitioning to Domain Controllers running newer versions of Windows Server, the functional levels would unlock new functionality on either the Active Directory forest or Active Directory domain level. In previous versions of Active Directory, each Windows Server version was accompanied by a corresponding Forest Functional Level (FFL) and Domain Functional Level (DFL). When you promote a server to a Domain Controller, however, a Windows Server 2022 installation automatically performs any schema update you may need to become the first Windows Server 2022 Domain Controller. Active Directory schema version 88 is the latest schema version, and it has been around since Windows Server 2019. Not only are the Windows Server 2022 Forest Functional Level (FFL) and Windows Server 2022 Domain Functional Level (DFL) missing, Windows Server 2022 does not even require a schema update.

However, since Windows Server 2012, there is a way to limit promotions of Domain Controllers altogether.

There is no way to limit the ability for Active Directory admins (for domains in an Active Directory forest) to install Windows Server 2016-based Domain Controllers or Windows Server 2019-based Domain Controllers in an environment with Windows Server 2022-based Domain Controllers.

When upgrading or transitioning Active Directory from Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022, the Domain Functional Level (DFL) and Forest Functional Level (FFL) only need to be raised to Windows Server 2016.

This eliminates two steps of the process.

When upgrading or transitioning Active Directory from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022, the Domain Functional Level (DFL) and Forest Functional Level (FFL) do not have to be raised.

There are, apparently, no new features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022, that require a new Forest Functional Level.

There are, apparently, no new features in Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2019 or Windows Server 2022, that require a new Domain Functional Level.

The unavailability of the Windows Server 2022 Forest Functional Level (FFL) and Windows Server 2022 Domain Functional Level (DFL) has the following impact:

Just as there are no Windows Server 2019 Forest Functional Level (FFL) or Windows Server 2019 Domain Functional Level (DFL), there are no Windows Server 2022 FFL or DFL either in Microsoft Windows Server’s Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).