Configuring DNS Integration with Active Directory

There are many benefits to integrating Active Directory and DNS services:

• You can configure and manage replication along with other Active Directory components.
• You can automate much of the maintenance of DNS resource records through the use of dynamic updates.
• You will be able to set specific security options on the various properties of the DNS service.

Exercise 3.5 shows the steps that you can take to ensure that these integration features are enabled. You’ll look at the various DNS functions that are specific to interoperability with Active Directory.

Before you begin this exercise, make sure that the local machine is configured as an Active Directory domain controller and that DNS services have been properly configured. If you instructed the Active Directory Installation Wizard to automatically configure DNS, many of the settings mentioned in this section may already be enabled. However, you should verify the configuration and be familiar with how the options can be set manually.