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Administering DNS

Name resolution services are critically important in every network! They provide name resolution for Active Directory, applications, and the Internet, and they provide the mechanism for network connectivity.

DNS is the service responsible for name resolution in Windows Server 2008 R2, and a clear understanding of DNS and how to administrate it effectively will ensure both internal and external connectivity for the users, computers, and applications in your network.

In this tutorial:

  1. Add and Remove DNS Servers
  2. Configure a New DNS Server
  3. Add Query Forwarding
  4. Configure a Caching-Only DNS Server
  5. Remove a DNS Server
  6. Manage a DNS Server
  7. Scavenge Properties for DNS
  8. Manage DNS Integration with Active Directory
  9. Change Zone Replication
  10. Manage Zone Database Files
  11. Configure Single-Label DNS Resolution
  12. Troubleshoot DNS