Domain Controller Dns Server Settings
Set it as the last server in the order.
Domain controller dns server settings. Use the advanced tab if you have more than two servers. The value for preferred dns server remained the same the ip address of the windows server 2003 but as alternate dns server was set the loopback ip address of the newly promoted domain controller windows server 2012 r2 i e. Active directory domain services ad ds uses domain name system dns name resolution services to make it possible for clients to locate domain controllers and for the domain controllers that host the directory service to communicate with each other.
Windows server 2016 windows server 2012 r2 windows server 2012. In single dc dns in a domain environment dc dns server points to its private ip address not to loopback 127 x x as preferred dns server in tcp ip property. Before installing dns server role you need to point server to another dns server to obtain name resolution that is mandatory but once server got promoted to dns dc server you should point it to itself own real ip only as preferred dns entry and other dns servers as alternate dns this is true only in case dns server having ad integrated zones domain dns zones and forest dns zones because.
Use another dns server in the same domain as the primary secondary etc. Domain controller with dns installed. 2 minutes to read 4.
Ip configuration on domain controller. Dns is required when authenticating the client computers when gpo settings are applied to users and computers and so on. Only one domain controller running dns if you have only one server that functions as the domain controller dc and it the server runs the dns server service you should configure the dns client settings to point to that server s ip address or the loopback address 127 0 0 1.
The domain controllers must be configured to use the correct dns settings in tcp ip property of the network card. Without dns active directory functionality will not work. Dns is an integral part of active directory subsystem.
Use the loopback address but not as the preferred server.