What You Need to Know About Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
Backup is the foundation of every business’ disaster recovery (DR) strategy and today many organizations are choosing to..
Microsoft Azure Outage -- Was it a DNS DDoS?
Azure recently experienced a nasty outage, lasting several hours. It seems to have been centered around DNS, but..
Self-Replicating DNS Forwarders Problems in Windows Server 2008/2012
In two of my previous articles this month I wrote about "Best Practices for DNS Forwarding" and "Configure..
Configure DNS forwarders in Windows Server 2012 R2
In the first article in our series on DNS forwarders, we looked at some best practices for DNS..
Best Practices for DNS Forwarding
Q: What is a DNS Forwarder? In Domain Name System (DNS) terms, a DNS forwarder is a DNS..
Configuring Basic DNS Records in Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012
Once a Windows DNS server is up and has been configured with a forward and reverse lookup zone..
Configure a DNS Server Address for a Network Adapter in Windows Server
How can I correctly configure DNS server addresses for a network adapter in Windows Server? DNS plays a..
Using DNS Logs As a Security Information Source
Editor’s Note: This article is a guest post, which is unpaid and non-sponsored content written by an independent..
What type of names are supported in Windows 2000/2003 DNS?
When implementing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 DNS infrastructure DNS naming is another major factor which has..
Why are the options to configure Root Hints or Forwarders unavailable?
If no DNS servers were detected during the initial configuration of Windows 2000 DNS, the system will typically..
How can I disable the caching of failed DNS lookups in Windows 2000/XP/2003?
Windows 2000/XP/2003 added the ability to cache DNS lookup results in the client's cache. This cache can be..
Why do I get lots of 407 and 408 Event IDs in my DNS event log?
If you also have NAT installed on the same server that hosts the DNS server, you will get..
Sometimes when I use DCPROMO to install AD and the DNS service on my Windows 2000 Server, it does not create the correct entries in the zone database. Why?
After you run Dcpromo.exe and Windows 2000 automatically installs and configures the Domain Name System (DNS), the primary..
DNS Training Labs
A review of Train Signal’s Windows 2000/2003 DNS Video Lab Training – Product Details. See more details at Train..
How can I easily administer DNS servers by using the command prompt?
A GUI interface is great for novice administrators but is cumbersome if you have to perform the same..
