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Active Directory with PowerShell

By : Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI
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Book Image

Active Directory with PowerShell

5 (1)
By: Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram, YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

Overview of this book

If you are looking to automate repetitive tasks in Active Directory management using the PowerShell module, then this book is for you. Any experience in PowerShell would be an added advantage.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Index

Managing DNS zones


In the previous sections, we have seen some of the DNS configuration items. In this section, we will find out how to manage zones in a DNS environment. Zones are the actual entities in a DNS environment that store the DNS records and control replication. There are different types of zone available in DNS, each serving a specific purpose.

There are three main types of zone available in DNS. They are as follows:

  1. Primary zone: As the name indicates, this is the primary source of information for the zone. When a zone is created as primary zone, it can be as a standalone or AD DS-integrated. The standard zone stores the data in file format in the %windir%\System32\Dns folder on the DNS server where it is hosted. In the case of AD DS-integrated zone, information is stored in Active Directory based on the replication type set for the zone (domain or forest).

  2. Secondary zone: This zone acts as backup for a primary zone. It obtains data from the DNS server that hosts the primary...