How to cheat at installing, configuring and troubleshooting active directory and DNS | This special Syngress e-book is designed to provide quick step-by-step help to anybody trying to wrestle with Win 2K Active Directory and DNS configuration Authors include Melissa Craft Debra Littlejohn Shinder Ralph Crump Paul Shields and David Smith Copyright 2003 by Syngress Publishing. All rights reserved. DNS AND ACTIVE DIRECTORY DNS makes Active Directory function so the first thing you need to know is how to verify that DNS is working and how to install Windows 2000 DNS if it is not already on the network. Once DNS is installed you can configure it to meet your network s needs. After some Domain Controllers DCs are installed you can integrate DNS zones into Active Directory configure them with Dynamic DNS DDNS and take advantage of Secure Dynamic Updates. TOPIC 1 Installing TOPIC 2 Configuring Windows 2000 Domain Name System to Support Active TOPIC 3 Setting Up a Windows 2000 Domain TOPIC 4 Locate Domain Controllers In TOPIC 5 Promote and Demote Domain Controllers in Windows TOPIC 6 Design a Global Active Directory Domain and Trust TOPIC 7 Integrating DNS into the Active TOPIC 8 Remove Data in Active Directory After a Failed Domain Controller Demotion 37 TOPIC 9 Create a Child Domain in Active TOPIC 10 Dynamic TOPIC 11 DNS Namespace TOPIC 12 Modifying the Active Directory TOPIC 13 What Can Go Wrong TOPIC 14 Handy Active Directory Tools and Copyright 2003 Syngress Publishing all rights reserved DNS and Active Directory TOPIC 1 Installing DNS Windows 2000 DNS is not installed automatically as part of the Windows 2000 Server operating system. You can select to install DNS during the installation procedure or you can add the DNS service later. To add the service later 1. Logon to the Windows 2000 server as an Administrator or equivalent. 2. Open the Control Panel. 3. Open the Add Remove Programs. 4. Click Add Remove Windows
