June 2017
Beginner to intermediate
742 pages
18h 29m
English
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Active Directory Domain Name System
Domain Name System (DNS) and AD DS live in each other's pockets. Since Windows Server 2003, DNS has become the primary name resolution service. Before that, Windows was using NetBIOS, the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) name service that it still continues to use. But DNS became the ruler.
WINS and DNS are both TCP/IP networks' name resolution services. There are legacy systems that still use WINS instead of DNS, for example, bar code scanners. That's the reason why WINS still continues with the latest operating systems.
DNS helps locate resources via the internet and intranet. DNS can run as an independent server role on the intranet, perimeter network, or public network. There are different vendors ...