Re: Single domain / multiple Sites / multiple DNS subdomain configurat

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Noodles wrote:
hi,
I have setup a signle domain called ad.domain.com with multiple Sites
( CityA, CityB, CityC ). I would like to have machines in each City
update DNS with a subdomain ( citya.domain.com, cityb.domain.com,
etc.. ). Basically, if a client - "clienta" is in the Sites CityA,
it will register to citya.domain.com as clienta.citya.domain.com
instead of clienta.ad.domain.com. Is this an appropriate way to
setup DNS/DHCP on a single domain/ multiple Sites AD environment? Or
it is better for all clients ( no matter where they are ) update DNS
to ad.domain.com zone?

thanks

Give the clients in each site a connection specific suffix matching the name
you want it registered in then select the check box "Use this connection's
DNS suffix in registration"

This can easily be applied through a GPO applied at each site
Computer Configuration
-Administrative Templates
-Network
-DNS Client
Connection-Specific DNS Suffix
Register DNS records with connection-specific DNS suffix

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