Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Active Directory Domain Name System

We can't talk about Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) without mentioning the Domain Name System (DNS). Since Windows Server 2003, DNS has become the primary name resolution service. Before that, Windows was using NetBIOS and the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) for name resolution.

WINS and DNS are both TCP/IP network name resolution services. There are legacy systems that still use WINS instead of DNS.

DNS helps to 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 who provide DNS solutions other than Microsoft; Linux/Unix Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is a good example ...