Chapter 7. Implementing and managing DNS

Installing the DNS Server service

Configuring DNS zones, subdomains, forwarders, and zone transfers

Deploying DNSSEC

Adding resource records

Deploying global names

Name services are essential for communications for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking. Windows Server uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as its primary method of name resolution. DNS enables computers to register and resolve DNS domain names. DNS defines the rules under which computers are named and how names are resolved to IP addresses.

Installing the DNS Server service

The way you install the DNS Server service depends on whether you plan to use DNS with Active Directory or without Active Directory. After ...

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