I'm implementing an AD configuration, along with the required DNS infrastructure. The AD server is Windows 2008 R2, with Forest and Domain functional levels of Windows Server 2008 R2. We need to ...

All servers must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 All DCs must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 Adprep to prepare both the forest and domain Raise the functional level of the forest and domains to ...

Those who manage Active Directory strain to keep tabs on 12 main areas: administration of users and groups; PCs and mobile devices; networked services; Group Policy Objects (GPOs); DNS; AD topology ...

Microsoft systems admins have spent years avoiding anything to do with the Domain Name System (DNS), leaving its maintenance to in-house Unix gurus or Internet Service Providers. Well, no longer. In ...