About DNS Records Since DNS server plays an important role when it comes to keeping the network up and accessible, it becomes important for the administrators to keep a close eye on the DNS records, and verify their validity on a regular basis. DNS records...

About Adding an Alternate UPN Suffix to a Domain UPN suffix is the name of the domain that is added after the ‘@’ sign when a domain user account is created. An example of a UPN suffix can be ‘mydomain.com’. When a domain user account is created,...

About CNAME Records (Alias Names) CNAMEs or Canonical Names a.k.a. Alias Names are the user friendly names of the computers with complex hostnames. Alias names are created in order to make it easier for the users in the network to access a specific computer,...

About Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is a computer that has Windows Server 2008 R2 installed on it, and is responsible for assigning IP addresses to the computers automatically. IP...

About Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Active Directory Domain Services a.k.a. AD DS is a service that is integrated in Windows Server 2008 R2 but does not get automatically installed along with the installation of the operating system. When Windows...

About Dynamic Updates During the installation of Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008 R2, the installation process automatically installs the DNS server on the computer, in case it does not already exist in the network. After the successful...

About DHCP Reservations DHCP reservation is a process in which a particular IP address is mapped with one computer that is typically a server that needs to have a same IP address permanently. When this is done, every time the target DHCP client computer...