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Windows DNS is the Microsoft implementation of the name resolution protocol for TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet. Client computers query a DNS server to resolve memorable, alphanumeric DNS names to the IP addresses that computers use to communicate with each other.

Windows DNS is the Microsoft implementation of the name resolution protocol for TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet. Client computers query a DNS server to resolve memorable, alphanumeric DNS names to the IP addresses that computers use to communicate with each other.

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What does a warning icon on a conditional forwarder mean in Windows DNS Manager?

The icon for one of the conditional forwarders on an Active Directory DNS server I manage has a standard warning icon (yellow triangle with exclamation point) overlay (all names have been changed to protect the innocent): I've scoured the included…
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Windows 2012 can't validate forwarders without a root zone?

(Disclaimer: I am not a Windows DNS admin. I do have a decent amount of DNS experience under my belt though, and this is not making any sense. I am working closely with the admins responsible for these devices and can get tests performed as…
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Windows DNS Server: Problems after DNS server cache clearing. What does Clear-DnsServerCache do?

On Friday I changed a public DNS A-record to a new IP address on our provider's DNS service for our public web-domain. To make these changes populate faster in our intranet (for our intranet clients/users) I used the powershell command…
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Change IP in all DNS zones on Microsoft Windows DNS Server

We host about 125 DNS forward-lookup zones on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 DNS Server. We need to migrate to a new block of IPs and don't want to go through each zone manually. What's the best way to globally change one ip (1.1.1.1, for example)…
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The DNS server machine currently has no DNS domain name

I found the following message inside the DNS Server Event logs. What I should do has been explained inside the message but not sure what exactly it means. Log Name: DNS Server Source: Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server-Service Date: …
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Mass change Microsoft DNS & IIS server settings

I need to change about 100 DNS records and IIS configurations on a Windows 2003 web server. The GUI doesn't accommodate it and the MS command line tools seem incomplete (for example: dnscmd cannot edit a record, only create). Is there a third…
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Forwarding requests made to Windows DNS server for a domain it's authoritative for but doesn't have a record matching the request, onto BIND?

Is it possible on a Windows DNS server to have it forward/proxy requests for a domain it's authoritative for but doesn't have a record matching the request.. onto another server like a BIND server ? Most records for this domain are managed by…
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Proper way to create an NS record in Windows DNS

In BIND, you create an NS record that points to an A record: labs.example.com. IN NS ns1.example.com. ns1.example.com. IN A 192.168.80.50 In Windows DNS, you are first asked to provide the Domain that you are delegating: Next you are asked for the…
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Using Microsoft DNS to respond based on requesting subnet

In our enterprise Windows Active Directory environment, we have some 50+ subnets scattered across a large geographical area. We have a system at each site that supports the site by providing a central drivers store, a central software store, SEP…
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Microsoft DNS listening on a high-numbered TCP port

In addition to port 53, the Microsoft DNS service also listens on a single high TCP port. This port changes every time the service starts (since it is a high port). What is this port used for? Note: This is a TCP port in the LISTENING state. It is…
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To delete DNS records in AD-integrated DNS, what permissions are needed and where?

I would like to be able to allow a specific user to delete DNS records from my Active Directory-integrated DNS zones. One zone is replicated to all DNS servers on DCs in the domain (so in DomainDnsZones). Another zone is replicated to all domain…
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Will Windows Server 2012 support a nested conditional forwarder?

I work for a company with a split DNS configuration on the AD domain. I know that this is less than ideal, but I'm not in a position to drive change in this area. I own authoritative DNS (internal and external) where Active Directory is not…
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How do I scavenge or clean up stale *static* DNS entries in Windows Server?

About 9 months ago I became sys admin over Active Directory for a company. Today someone submitted a ticket pointing out that our DNS had a stale entry for an authoritative server. My investigation found that in 2012 a branch office had been closed…
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Secondary DNS server being used more often?

I have two Windows DNS instances. One is on an older physical machine with Windows 2008, the other is on a Hyper-V guest with Windows 2012 R2. The latter is the primary DNS. I've noticed that the amount of cached forwarded requests on my secondary…
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Extraneous _msdcs. forward lookup zone failing replication, how do I check what uses it? and can I delete it?

We run Active directory on windows server 2008 and 2008 R2 in 2008 AD mode. Our DNS is part of the AD and runs on the same servers as the Global Catalogue. My predecessor created the environment within domain.local (domain is a substitution, .local…
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