Using the cloud for backup and recovery is a choice many businesses utilize but make sure you understand the entire picture before moving to that recovery model.
Azure recently experienced a nasty outage, lasting several hours. It seems to have been centered around DNS, but had wide side effects. Microsoft’s cloud platform took something of a beating. By the sound of it, a DDoS could have been to blame. Or not. Redmond isn’t saying…
Need help with DNS forwarding? Daniel Petri points out some issues with how DNS forwarding is handled in Windows Server 2008/2012 that you should be aware of.
In part two of our series on DNS forwarding, learn how to configure DNS forwarders in Windows Server 2012 R2 using the Windows GUI and the command prompt.
Need to know what a DNS forwarder is? Daniel Petri compares it to root hints, and then offers some best practices on how to use DNS forwarders effectively.
In the fourth and final part of our series, learn to configure DNS records in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 in this tutorial!
DNS plays a vital role in a healthy AD environment. Learn to configure DNS settings for a network adapter in Windows Server 2012 in this quick Ask an Admin article.
Recently a number of tech companies experienced network attacks. Learn how DNS logs and analysis can be a useful sources of security information in this article by Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 added the ability to cache DNS lookup results in the client’s cache. This cache can be viewed by typing ipconfig /displaydns in the command prompt: Windows IP Configuration ddlnetwork.net —————————————- Record Name . . . . . : ddlnetwork.net Record Type . . . . . : 1 Time To Live . ….
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the Active Directory locator in Windows 2000. Active Directory clients and client tools use DNS to locate domain controllers for administration and logon. You must have a DNS server installed and configured for Active Directory and the associated client software to function correctly. This article guides you through the…