Re: DC without AD



You can set up an AD DC without DNS on the actual DC, but AD MUST have a DNS
server set up for the AD domain. It can be on a member server, it can be
BIND as long as it supports SRV records, but properly set up DNS is a must
in an AD domain.

hth
DDS
"manoa" <manoa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can be done without DNS?

"Danny Sanders" wrote:

The installation of AD is what changes a Win 2k3 or Win 2k
standalone\member
server into a domain controller.

No not possible.

hth
DDS

"manoa" <manoa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there any way into install a W2K3 as A Domain Controller without
having
Active Directory on it.





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