Active Directory® for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Technical Reference

Summary

DNS is an essential network service for Windows Server 2003 networks. Without a stable DNS infrastructure, almost all logon and resource location efforts will fail on a Windows Server 2003 network. As a network administrator for a Windows Server 2003 network, you must become a DNS expert. This chapter provided an overview of how DNS works as a network service in any environment. It then discussed specifically the integration of DNS with Active Directory. The most important component of the integration is the domain controller locator process where the domain controllers in Active Directory register SRV records in DNS, and then the clients use these records to locate the domain controllers. Also covered were some of the DNS enhancements ...