Active Directory requires Microsoft DNS?
Matthew Huff
mhuff at ox.com
Mon Sep 20 14:11:14 UTC 2010
Microsoft Active directory absolutely needs dynamic DNS. However, I know that it has been integrated with bind, so I don't believe it needs Microsoft DNS. A common procedure is to delegate a subdomain to the microsoft dns server and let the Active Directory forest be built within that environment.
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Matthew Huff | One Manhattanville Rd
OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
http://www.ox.com | Phone: 914-460-4039
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Mikelson [mailto:tmikelson at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 10:05 AM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Active Directory requires Microsoft DNS?
>
> Presently our organization utilizes BIND for DNS services, with the
> Networking team administering. We are now being told by the Systems team
> that they will be responsible for DNS services and that it will be changed
> over to the Microsoft DNS service run on domain controllers. The reason
> given is that the Active Directory implementation requires the Microsoft DNS
> service and dynamic DNS. Not being a Microsoft administrator I do not know
> the veracity of these claims. Anyone out there had any experiences with a
> situation like this? I am a bit leery of changing something that is already
> working.
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