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DHCP policies based on Relay Agent Information Option (option 82), DHCP...
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Using cascaded relay agents with Windows DHCP Windows Server 2012
Introduction Deploying DHCP failover translates into deploying more DHCP servers working in an Active-Active or Active-Passive mode for a set of scopes/subnets. Given the limitations in certain older...
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DHCP policies based on Relay Agent Information Option (option 82), DHCP...
Introduction DHCP server in Windows Server 2012 provides support for provisioning customized IP address and network configurations to DHCP clients using DHCP policies. Policies can be created based on...
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Using cascaded relay agents with Windows DHCP Windows Server 2012
Introduction Deploying DHCP failover translates into deploying more DHCP servers working in an Active-Active or Active-Passive mode for a set of scopes/subnets. Given the limitations in certain older...
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Split-Brain DNS in Active Directory Environment Using DNS Policies
In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3, the DNS policies support has been extended to Active Directory backed zones. Active Directory integration inherently provides multi-master high availability...
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DNS Management in IPAM
In Windows Server 2016, management of DNS properties have been significantly enhanced in IPAM. In 2012 R2, IPAM used to discover DNS zone information and monitored availability of DNS zones. In the new...
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One of the widely debated behaviour of an authoritative name servers is the nature of the response it sends back when asked for a FQDN for which it is non-authoritative. Till 2012R2 Windows DNS...
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Selective Recursion Control Using DNS Server Policies
Certain deployments may require the same DNS server to perform recursive name resolution for the internal clients apart from acting as authoritative nameserver for contoso.com. For this, the recursion...
View ArticleA Description of the DNS Dynamic Update Message Format
Dynamic update enables DNS client computer to register and dynamically update their resource records with a DNS server whenever changes occur. This reduces the need for manual administration of zone...
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Load balancing DNS servers using DHCP Server Policies
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Folks, We, the networking team at Microsoft, want to engage with you to make our products serve you better. For this we are conducting a survey to know more about the DNS, DHCP and IP address analytics...
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Network Forensics with Windows DNS Analytical Logging
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How to Deploy Windows DNS Server on Nano Server
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview offers a new installation option: Nano Server. Nano Server is a remotely administered server operating system optimized for private clouds and datacenters. It is...
View ArticleCVE-2015-7547 and Windows DNS
Microsoft is aware of the CVE-2015-7547 Remote Execute Vulnerability for Linux in GNU C Library. If we determine there is any impact to our devices and services, we’ll take the necessary action. Till...
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