Implementing and managing Windows Server DNS

This section will look at implementing on-premises and hybrid name resolution.

The first skills area we will look at in this section is what is DNS?

What is DNS, and how does it work?

Name resolution is translating or resolving a name to an IP address. IP addresses can also be resolved to a name through a reverse lookup.

DNS is an industry-standard name resolution service and the primary name resolution method used by Windows. Other methods include a host file, an LMHOSTS file, and Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), which is a Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) name resolution service.

DNS uses resource records to hold the names and information, such as IP addresses and arbitrary text information it holds for that domain. As with phone contacts, people can remember names more easily than they can numbers, especially in the case of multiple numbers (home, work, mobile, and so on) for the same name.

DNS resource...