Creating a DNS zone

The basis of DNS is DNS zones. This recipe shows you how to create a DNS zone.

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 local Administrators group.

How to do it…

To create a DNS zone, perform the following steps:

1. Press Start.
2. Search for dnsmgmt.msc and click the corresponding search result to run it. The DNS Manager window appears.
3. In the left-hand navigation...