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Windows DNS

Windows DNS

Best Practices

https://abhijitw.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/best-practices-for-dns-client-settings-on-domain-controller/

Domain Conroller + DNS Server

If this is only DC+DNS server
- Set client DNS setting to local (private) IP address
- Not 127.0.0.1
If there is another DC+DNS server
- Set the primary client DNS setting to the private IP address of the other DC+DNS server
- Set the secondary client DNS setting to the private IP address of this DC+DNS server

Domain Members

Set workstation/member server primary to closest/local DNS server
Set workstation/member server secondary to remote/alternate DNS server
Do not use public DNS servers

Reverse Lookup Zones

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1954333/create-reverse-primary-dns-zone-windows-server-2012.html

Dynamic Updates

http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/archive/2009/08/20/dhcp-dynamic-dns-updates-scavenging-static-entries-amp-timestamps-and-the-dnsproxyupdate-group.aspx

Forwarding

http://www.mcmcse.com/microsoft/guides/70-410/dns_forwarding.shtml