Re: NT4 DNS Vs. WIN2003 DNS

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From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:28:03 -0500

In news:%23itIpyicEHA.384@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Mike <ntadmin@zahav.net.il> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
> What are the minimum required for Win NT4 DNS for working
> with WIN 2003 DNS ?

You can use NT4 as a secondary for Win2k3 AD if you have SP4 or later on the
NT4. Support for SRV records was added to NT4 at SP4.
You should not use NT4 as the primary because NT4 does not support DDNS at
any level, unless you are ready to manually enter all of the records needed
for AD. 

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