Active directory DNS

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Bob Stat

I have a DNS with integrated active directory. I setup a
new DNS server and when I installed DNS it seemed to have
found the forward and reverse lookup zones. Does this mean
that I can bring my old dns server down or should I make
the new DNS server the authoritative dns. If so how do I
do that?

Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Bob Stat said:
I have a DNS with integrated active directory. I setup a
new DNS server and when I installed DNS it seemed to have
found the forward and reverse lookup zones. Does this mean
that I can bring my old dns server down or should I make
the new DNS server the authoritative dns. If so how do I
do that?
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Why not have 2?

All AD (or Primary) plus any Secondary DNS servers are "authoritative";
only the AD (or Primary) can CHANGE records.
 
If the second DNS server was a DC, Active Directory replicated the DNS zones. That's why they appeared on the second server. It would be best to have
both DNS servers running, but if there's a reason that you need to remove the first DNS server, you certainly can. You may need to do a little cleanup on the
zone though to make sure the first server isn't listed on the Name Servers tab of the SOA record.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston[MSFT]
Microsoft Network Support


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