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To create and test a DNS record, perform these steps:

There is a new web server plugged into the network, but it is not yet joined to the domain and so it has not been registered to DNS. The name of this web server is Web1. Open up Command Prompt and type ping web1. As expected, because there is no Host record in DNS for this server yet, our ping request does not resolve to anything:

Now head to the DNS server and open up the DNS console from the Tools menu.
Inside Forward Lookup Zones, you should see your domain listed. Double-click on the name of your domain to see your existing DNS records:

Right-click on your domain, ...

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