Comparing Standard DNS Zones and AD-Integrated DNS Zones
Standard DNS essentially stores all name records in a text file and keeps it updated via dynamic updates. If you are accustomed to using UNIX BIND DNS or other standard forms of DNS, this is essentially what standard DNS is in Windows Server 2012.
AD DS expands on other implementations of DNS by allowing administrators to integrate DNS into AD DS. By doing this, the DNS zones themselves exist as objects in the AD DS, which allows for automatic zone transfers to be accomplished. DNS replication traffic piggybacks off AD DS traffic, and the DNS records are stored as objects in the directory. In the Windows Server 2012 implementation of AD DS, AD-integrated DNS zones are optimized by being ...
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