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What's New in This Edition

The first two editions of this book were called DNS on Windows NT and DNS on Windows 2000, and they dealt with Microsoft's DNS implementation for those operating systems. This new edition has been updated to document the many changes to DNS, large and small, found in Windows Server 2003. In particular, this edition documents use of the dnscmd program to manage the Microsoft DNS Server from the command line and development using the WMI DNS provider to manage the name server programmatically. The book also covers new features of the Microsoft DNS Server in Windows Server 2003, including conditional forwarding and zone storage in Active Directory (AD) application partitions.



    		Preface
    		Versions
    		What's New in This Edition
    		Organization
    		Audience
    		Obtaining the Example Programs
    		Viewing Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles
    		Conventions Used in This Book
    		Using Code Examples
    		How to Contact Us
    		Quotations
    		Acknowledgments
    		Chapter 1. Background
    		Chapter 2. How Does DNS Work?
    		Chapter 3. Where Do I Start?
    		Chapter 4. Setting Up the Microsoft DNS Server
    		Chapter 5. DNS and Electronic Mail
    		Chapter 6. Configuring Hosts
    		Chapter 7. Maintaining the Microsoft DNS Server
    		Chapter 8. Integrating with Active Directory
    		Chapter 9. Growing Your Domain
    		Chapter 10. Parenting
    		Chapter 11. Advanced Features and Security
    		Chapter 12. nslookup and dig
    		Chapter 13. Managing DNS from the Command Line
    		Chapter 14. Managing DNS Programmatically
    		Chapter 15. Troubleshooting DNS
    		Chapter 16. Miscellaneous
    		Appendix A. DNS Message Format and Resource Records
    		Appendix B. Converting from BIND to the Microsoft DNS Server
    		Appendix C. Top-Level Domains
    		Colophon