Implementing Windows Server 2019 DNS
This course will teach you how to install, configure, and secure Windows-based DNS service. You will also learn to implement different types of DNS policies.
What you'll learn
DNS serves as the backbone of an organization’s network as critical services like mails, file sharing, VoIP, and external web services that heavily use DNS. Having it configured properly is one of the most important things to consider while setting up the IT infrastructure.
In this course, Implementing Windows Server 2019 DNS, you’ll learn to setup Windows Server 2019 DNS service:
- explore the necessary steps to run a reliable DNS service in your organization
- discover the newly introduced and existing but improved security features to secure DNS servers
- learn how to configure DNS policies to handle DNS queries based on different criteria
Table of contents
- Module Introduction 1m
- DNS Powershell Commands and Connecting DNS Servers 3m
- Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones Theory 2m
- Primary Zones 2m
- Demo: Primary Zones 7m
- Creating Zone from Existing Zone File 2m
- AD Integrated Primary Zone 7m
- Resource Records 4m
- Demo: Resource Records 6m
- Secondary Zones 6m
- Stub Zones 1m
- Reverse Lookup and Global Names Zones 4m
- Module Summary 1m
- Module Introduction 1m
- Aging and Scavenging 6m
- Resource Record TTL, Priority, and Weight 1m
- DNS Round Robin and Netmask Ordering 5m
- Forwarders, Conditional Forwarders, Root Hints, and Recursion 4m
- Demo: Forwarders, Conditional Forwarders, Root Hints, and Recursion 5m
- Zone Delegation 3m
- DNS Administration Delegation 2m
- Global Settings 2m
- Module Summary 1m
- Module Introduction 1m
- What Is DNS Policy? 4m
- Query Resolution Policy and Query Filter Criteria 4m
- Demo: Prerequisites 1m
- Application Load Balancing and Traffic Management DNS Policies 8m
- Split Brain and Recursive DNS Policies 7m
- Query Filtering and Time-of-day based Redirection 6m
- Module Summary 1m
Course FAQ
Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the internet or a private network. DNS takes various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities.
Prerequisites for this course are familiarity with Windows Server Administration with PowerShell.
In this DNS course, you will learn about how DNS works, how to configure and secure DNS settings, how to configure DNS policies, and how to optimize DNS server performance. By the end of this course you will be able to install, configure, secure, and automate Windows 2019 DNS service.
Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework offered from Microsoft that runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS. PowerShell consists of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language.
DNS zones are distinct parts of the domain namespace where it is delegated to a legal entity, person, organization, or company who is responsible for maintaining the DNS zone. A DNS zone is also a administrative function that allows for granular control of DNS components such as authoritative name servers.
About the author
With over twelve years of rich experience in IT, Uzair Ansari has been a noteworthy professional in the Windows identity and automation area. He's an AI enthusiast and is currently working as a DevOps engineer. You may know him from his tech blog work at powershellstore.com, but he can also be credited with his contributions to the Microsoft TechNet script center. He holds a Masters degree in Information Technology. During his professional tenure, he has worked on technologies like Windows Power... more