Setting up Zones

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

If you install DNS by using the Active Directory Installation Wizard, the wizard creates DNS zones that correspond to the Active Directory domains that you specify. If the zones that you specified during the zone planning phase of your deployment do not already exist, create them now. Note that the default DNS installation by the Active Directory Installation Wizard includes secure dynamic update and an Active Directory–integrated zone. If this is not the configuration you want to deploy, change the default settings.

If the zone that the wizard creates is not the type of zone that you want, change it now.

Note

  • Converting any zone to an Active Directory–integrated zone can increase the use of DNS server resources and network resources. This is because converting a zone can trigger Active Directory replication.

If you want to push updates to secondary DNS servers for a zone, configure DNS notify at the primary DNS server.

For more information about how to add and remove zones, see Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.