I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines.I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the ...

I just created our first Server 2012 R2 domain controller. It's a domain controller plus DNS server. When I run the DNS BPA one of the things it reports back is that I need to have the loopback ...

This can include typical domain controller roles/features that may be in place like DHCP, DNS, or any third-party applications. And that's OK.

Suppose you’re using AD-integrated DNS zones. Every single DC has a copy of the DNS zones, including those DCs that aren’t even running DNS (at least in a 2000 Domain).

A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

The DNS functions as the internet’s phone book. It translates user-friendly domain names into IP addresses so internet traffic can be directed to the correct hosting server.