Category: Active Directory

In Windows, the Active Directory domains tightly integrates with Domain Name Service (DNS) to an extent that an AD is worthless without DNS in it’s domain.   Domain Name Service (DNS) is a kind of phonebook/Database that maintains the list of mappings between computer names and IP addresses. Once an IP address is assigned by DHCP server, a computer automatically gets registered in DNS that is configured in its TCP-IP preferred primary/secondary DNS servers.   A DNS namespace consists of zones which defines scope i.e., which machines fall under that zone.  Thus a DNS zone is a Text/Database file (NTDS.Dit) […]

This article describes DNS functionality in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, and provides answers to frequently asked questions about Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 DNS. Back to the top MORE INFORMATION DNS is the backbone of Active Directory and the primary name resolution mechanis… DNS is the backbone of Active Directory and the primary name resolution mechanism of Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers dynamically register information about themselves and about Active Directory in DNS. Other Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers, servers, and workstations that are part […]

Dsmgmt Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2008 Facilitates managing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) application partitions, managing and controlling flexible single master operations (FSMO), and cleaning up metadata that is left behind by abandoned Active Directory domain controllers and AD LDS instances. (Abandoned domain controllers and AD LDS instances are those that are removed from the network without being uninstalled.) Dsmgmt is a command-line tool that is built into Windows Server 2008. It is available if you have the AD LDS server role installed. To use dsmgmt, […]