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 ...

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.<BR><BR>I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the ...

Changing network settings on a domain controller can be a risky ordeal. It’s best avoided, but if you must do it make sure to follow these tips. Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) are probably ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

When I first started doing freelance technical writing 10 years ago, I realized pretty quickly that I was going to need to set up a network in my home so that I could experiment with the various ...

How do I… Install and configure a DNS server in Windows Server 2008? Your email has been sent Without DNS, computers would have a very tough time communicating with ...

It’s called “site coverage.” When domain controller X registers its SRV records in DNS, it checks to see if any poor, neglected Active Directory sites don’t have any domain controllers in the same ...

Last week Microsoft patched SIGRed, a critical and wormable vulnerability in the Windows DNS Server that affects Windows Server versions 2013 to 2019. CVE-2020-1350, which has a CVSS base score of ...

(The workstation knows what domain it’s in, and it also knows where its preferred DNS server is.) Of course, the problem with this scheme is that the domain controller address returned by DNS might or ...