DHCP and Dynamic DNS Configuration

When a DHCP server is configured to register DNS records and provide name protection with Dynamic DNS, a few configurations are required to enhance reliability of this server. The first configuration is to set the default DNS registration behavior, and the second is to create a service account and define this account in the DHCP server. To configure DHCP and Dynamic DNS settings, follow these steps:

1. Using Active Directory Users and Computers console, create a user account in the domain named, for example, DHCP-SVC and configure a secure password. No special group membership is required, but set the account to not require a password change at first logon.

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If you want to avoid DNS registration issues, ...

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