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Error 8565: ERROR_DS_FOREST_VERSION_TOO_LOW

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0x00002175 = 8,565

Win32 error 8565 (0x2175)

ERROR_DS_FOREST_VERSION_TOO_LOW

The version of the operating system installed on this server no longer supports the current AD DS Forest functional level or AD LDS Configuration Set functional level. You must raise the AD DS Forest functional level or AD LDS Configuration Set functional level before this server can become an AD DS Domain Controller or an AD LDS Instance in this Forest or Configuration Set.

As an HRESULT (HRESULT_FROM_WIN32): 0x80072175