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Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from  Active Directory Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803242507
Pages 696 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Sander Berkouwer Sander Berkouwer
Profile icon Sander Berkouwer

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface Chapter 1: Optimizing Forests, Domains, and Trusts Chapter 2: Managing Domain Controllers Chapter 3: Managing Active Directory Roles and Features Chapter 4: Managing Containers and Organizational Units Chapter 5: Managing Active Directory Sites and Troubleshooting Replication Chapter 6: Managing Active Directory Users Chapter 7: Managing Active Directory Groups Chapter 8: Managing Active Directory Computers Chapter 9: Managing DNS Chapter 10: Getting the Most Out of Group Policy Chapter 11: Securing Active Directory Chapter 12: Managing Certificates Chapter 13: Managing Federation Chapter 14: Handling Authentication in a Hybrid World (AD FS, PHS, PTA, and DSSO) Chapter 15: Handling Synchronization in a Hybrid World (Azure AD Connect) Chapter 16: Hardening Azure AD Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a DNS conditional forwarder

For an Active Directory trust, hosts in one Active Directory domain or forest need to be able to resolve names in another Active Directory domain or forest, and vice versa. For this purpose, you can create conditional forwarders in DNS.

Create conditional forwarders on a domain controller in each Active Directory domain or forest.

Getting ready

This recipe is applicable to DNS servers running on domain controllers, domain-joined servers, and standalone Windows Server installations. However, these scenarios require different group memberships to gain the administrator privileges that you need to perform the steps in this recipe:

  • On a DNS server that runs as a domain controller, sign in with an account that has memberships with the DNSAdmins, Administrators, Domain Admins, and/or Enterprise Admins Active Directory groups.
  • On a DNS server that is either domain-joined or standalone, sign in with an account with membership to the...
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