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Active Directory with PowerShell

You're reading from Active Directory with PowerShell Learn to configure and manage Active Directory using PowerShell in an efficient and smart way

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782175995

Length 230 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

Networking

Authors (2):

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

Pamarthi Venkata Sitaram

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Let's Get Started FREE CHAPTER

2. Managing User and Computer Objects

3. Working with Active Directory Groups and Memberships

4. Configuring Group Policies

5. Managing Domains, Organizational Units, Sites, and Subnets

6. Advanced AD Operations Using PowerShell

7. Managing DFS-N and DFS-R Using PowerShell

8. Managing Active Directory DNS Using PowerShell

9. Miscellaneous Scripts and Resources for Further Learning

Index

Working with root hints and forwarders

In this section we will focus on how to configure root hints and forwarders for the DNS server that we have just installed. Before proceeding with that, let's learn a bit about root hints and forwarders. They are as follows:

Root hints: Each DNS server is authorized to provide responses to zones hosted on them. But what if the DNS server you are querying is not responsible for the DNS data you are looking for? In such cases, DNS uses the root hint servers to find the authoritative name servers for the domain you are looking for and provides you the results by contacting them. The DNS server should be able to talk to these root hint servers. The default root hint servers are placed on the Internet since your DNS server should have access to these root hints for resolution.
Forwarders: Using root hints for non-authoritative name resolution operations is not always possible. DNS servers in corporate environment may not be allowed to talk to root hint servers...

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Authors (2)

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

YELLAPRAGADA U PADMAVATHI

Uma Yellapragada has over 11 years of experience in the IT industry. Her core experience includes management of Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS/Lync), Microsoft Digital/Information Rights Management Services (DRMS/IRM), Hyper-V, VMware, PowerShell, and VBScript. She also has experience working with process technologies such as ITIL, Six Sigma, and PMP. She is the kind of person who challenges herself on a day-to-day basis and searches for areas of improvement as part of her work. As a result of this, she developed a passion for scripting with VBScript and PowerShell. She blogs her activities and research at http://techyyblog.com and writes occasionally at http://techibee.com.

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