New Active Directory Domain With DNS
Rahisuddin Shah
So you have promoted you server to domain controller.
Have you very the event viewer for any error. Verify that your DNS is
configured correctly with SOA and Namespace record and A record.
You must point DC DNS address point to its own IP address. Configure all
client DNS IP address same as DC. If you client want to resolve external
name then use forwarder on DNS. If your DNS is root domain you can not use
forwarder so you have to delete the root domain (.).
I think this will help you.
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Shah
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"Teejay Skilachi" <teeja...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F1BFC6C0-96D1-4E7D...@microsoft.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I've just installed Windows Server 2003 and intend to install Active
Directory which will at the same time install DNS. Currently, I've setup on
Terminal Service on the server.
>
> I have a domain name registered (abcsystem.com) through an Hosting
Company. I've started the installation of Active Directory thru'
Adminstrative Tools---Manage my server----Add a role. And the Configure Your
Server Wizard window came up and I choose configure this server using:
Typical configuration for a first server (which was the first option) and
click on next and automatically, in the AD domain name, it shows my
ABCSYSTEM.local and I kept accepting the default names that was shown in all
other fields (DNS domain name and NetBIOS domain name).
>
> Below is the summary page that was displayed:
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> Run the Routing and Remote Access Server Setup Wizard (sets up routing)
> Install DHCP server (if required)
> Install Active Directory and DNS server (sets up this server as a domain
controller)
> Create the following full domain name: ABCSYSTEM.local
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>
> I hope this is the right step i have taken in installing Active Directory
and DNS because i understood you should not use the same external domain
name for your internal domain name (e.g abcsystem.com, instead use
abcsystem.local for AD).
>
> Please could you tell me whats the next step I should take. I have a
Windows 2000 server as well that will be part of the domain and have XP/2000
Pro for users to authenticate thru AD.
>
> Thank you
> Teejay