Domain Name System (DNS) is the name resolution protocol for TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet. A DNS server hosts the information that enables client computers to resolve memorable, alphanumeric DNS names to the IP addresses that computers use to communicate with each other. The following topics describe the DNS server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, and they provide procedures for installing, configuring, and managing DNS servers in your network.
- DNS Overview
- Checklist: Add a Domain
Controller with the DNS Server Service
- Checklist: Store Data in
an AD DS Application Partition
- Checklist: Use
Forwarders
- Checklist: Automatically
Remove Stale Resource Records
- Checklist: Create an
Alias (CNAME) Record
- Checklist: Use Resource
Records
- Checklist: Secure Your
DNS Server
- Checklist: Configure DNS
Client Settings
- Checklist: Migrate a DNS
Server
- Checklist: Create a
Reverse Lookup Zone
- Installing and
Configuring Servers
- Managing Servers and
Zones
- Adding Zones
- Configuring Zone
Properties
- Managing Resource
Records
- Managing Clients
- Securing DNS
- Troubleshooting
DNS
- DNS Tools
- User Interface: DNS
Server