Domain Name System (DNS) is the name resolution protocol for TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet. A DNS server hosts the information that enables client computers to resolve memorable, alphanumeric DNS names to the IP addresses that computers use to communicate with each other. The following topics describe the DNS server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, and they provide procedures for installing, configuring, and managing DNS servers in your network.

• DNS Overview
  
  
• Checklist: Add a Domain Controller with the DNS Server Service
  
  
• Checklist: Store Data in an AD DS Application Partition
  
  
• Checklist: Use Forwarders
  
  
• Checklist: Automatically Remove Stale Resource Records
  
  
• Checklist: Create an Alias (CNAME) Record
  
  
• Checklist: Use Resource Records
  
  
• Checklist: Secure Your DNS Server
  
  
• Checklist: Configure DNS Client Settings
  
  
• Checklist: Migrate a DNS Server
  
  
• Checklist: Create a Reverse Lookup Zone
  
  
• Installing and Configuring Servers
  
  
• Managing Servers and Zones
  
  
• Adding Zones
  
  
• Configuring Zone Properties
  
  
• Managing Resource Records
  
  
• Managing Clients
  
  
• Securing DNS
  
  
• Troubleshooting DNS
  
  
• DNS Tools
  
  
• User Interface: DNS Server