Configuring the DNS for windows server 2008R2 which does not contains the Active directory and the server is in the Active directory domain?
Hi Please let me know how to configure the DNS for the server which is in the Active directory domain and not contains Active directory Regards, Mohan
June 22nd, 2011 5:24am

Hi Mohan, Thanks for posting here. Take look the suggestions in the best practice article below,it is also applied to Windows server 2008/R2 environment: Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 member servers On Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 member servers, Microsoft recommends that you configure the DNS client settings according to these specifications: · Configure the primary and secondary DNS client settings to point to local primary and secondary DNS servers (if local DNS servers are available) that host the DNS zone for the computer's Active Directory domain. · If there are no local DNS servers available, point to a DNS server for that computer's Active Directory domain that can be reached through a reliable WAN link (Up-time and bandwidth determine reliability.) · Do not configure the client DNS settings to point to your ISP's DNS servers. If you do so, you may experience issues when you try to join the Windows 2000-based or Windows Server 2003-based server to the domain, or when you try to log on to the domain from that computer. Instead, the internal DNS server should forward to the ISP's DNS servers to resolve external names. Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and in Windows Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825036 Thanks. Tiger Li Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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June 27th, 2011 3:37am

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