Learn Windows Server DNS in Just 20min

[@glossopswimming]

Never mind the newbies. A lot of us have been core network engineers and never needed to worry bout this as we have dedicated OSS. Now our role is growing, we're not just routing & switching and we're having to incorporate this into our job function. Thanks!

[@ciscoguru69]

True story... Several weeks ago I had to explain the "theory" of DNS to one of our new server guys. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it makes me wonder how this basic, but very powerful protocol doesn't get the love and attention it rightfully deserves.

[@SaltRockStacker]

I just want to take a moment to thank you for the clear and concise format of your videos. After 20+ years working in the software development industry, I am still learning "new old" stuff (things I know, but I did not know it the way I'm supposed to haha). My role often takes me deep into IT planning and troubleshooting territory and this is very helpful in allowing me to work with my counterparts myself, instead of waiting for the real IT/Security folks to be available. Or at least I can take a stab at the surface layer troubleshooting before I call in the big guns.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome and thanks for the nice comment 👍😊

[@makeitcloudy]

straight to the point, if you never built it before, this video contains all what is needed to have the name resolution working in your home lab. thank you !

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome thanks

[@a.j.sonnier5195]

Thank you so much for all you do. I recently took a position as an IT Admin after being out of the field for years. Your videos are life savers. :)

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks and good m delighted that I can help😊👍

[@dexter2203]

Just came to US and it's soo tough to get a job. 😔 I am looking for a job in IT , I applied in many companies and I am not getting any responses. I have 2 years of work experience as a O365 Administrator I know that you have a lot of experience and connections in this area. I understand that your time is valuable, and I would be happy to provide more information about my background and experience to help make your referral as effective as possible. I greatly appreciate your consideration, and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you,

[@zafarshamsi-786]

@a.j.sonnier5195 can you appoint me a your support engineer for IT.......😍

[@AlirioTavaresA]

I'm very glad that you do this kind of informative videos, I'm starting soon in a job as an IT technician and this will be of great help even tho I am a bit anxious not knowing how it will go since it will be my first time truly entering the world of business but this kinda of videos always helps people grow more in knowledge making them able to apply them on their daily task,thank you God bless you.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome and thanks so much for your kind comment 😊

[@KG-nb6qb]

Your method of teaching is very good, you teach very important points relative to the topic. Easy to grasp and comprehensive. 💯❤️

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Many thanks ☺️

[@normanhillbish4749]

I've been a sys admin since 1998 One thing that is missing from training, one of the biggest challenges, is coming into an organization.... where the designers are long gone... and you have a network of systems that you must manage and maintain.... with nobody who can clearly identify and articulate what is going on. Group Policy could contain hundreds of GPOs that may not even be needed anymore. I would love to see some videos on how to better analyze and clean up these things.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

That’s a great suggestion, and I completely agree with you. I will definitely add that one to my list 👍

[@normanhillbish4749]

@@AndyMaloneMVP Wow, thank you. I thought before that we should make a workbook that helps a new admin go through the existing systems and fill in the blanks to get the whole picture. So many teaching videos start from a clean slate . . but few of us get to do that outside of a lab environment. And I can't just delete and start over when we have sites all over and someone depending on something that GPO is doing. :-)

[@RajuWorkAccount]

Awesome! Please keep these coming - From: Bangalore & Vasco-Da-Gama, India

[@OMNS777]

Im getting back to basics for myself as I come from a DBA background! Perfect timing! Gonna be building a homelab :)

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome thanks 👍

[@NickLaoutaris]

another great video Andy. Keep it up man ! Thank you for your hard work and the amazing videos you produce.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks, will do!

[@KhaleelGibrann]

Watched from India🇮🇳

[@entrustcyber]

Great content as usual, Andy! Looking forward learning more from you.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome and thanks again.👍😀

[@supriyochatterjee4095]

Best IT Contents in the internet

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thank you most kindly, I really appreciate that.

[@davidsilvera7436]

For those with headsets, listen out for the audio "swish swish" at 14:57. It might give you a little fright. lol

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Hehe ah you spotted that. I hit the mic by mistake sorry about that🤣😂

[@davidsilvera7436]

@@AndyMaloneMVP lol it made me jump! Thought my headset had a fault. Until I replayed the video. 😁

[@YoloMoloPolo300]

@14:59 scared the bejeibers out of me

[@jeorgefrasco8286]

Thank you very much Andy.. Your videos really helps me a lot

[@zafarshamsi-786]

love the stuff u share dear Andy.......

[@itxptube]

wow from 10k to over 35k subscribers already! Thanks for your efforts - I enjoy them myself and point all my colleagues here :D

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks! 😃 Much appreciated

[@sharathraj100]

What a Short vid, and excellent info...ThankYou so much.. 😊👍

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome many thanks.

[@criptovida]

This is was a good refreshing. Thanks for sharing, great content as usual.

[@Peet0103]

good video skiped a step in school and this cleared things up

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome 🎄

[@stewtech]

Love this channel!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thank you!

[@np67]

Great video. I recently came across your channel and have learned a lot. Have subscribed so keep up the good work!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks so much I appreciate that👍😊

[@fbifido2]

@12:00 - i don't see anyone commenting on the PTR statement "point to something else" .... that's for reverse lookup records. it should allows you to convert IP to Name

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

I did my best with the time I had 😊

[@DuncanandDawsonvideo]

I was JUST looking for a video on this. Thanks Andy!

[@DuncanandDawsonvideo]

Hard to be able to have done this when my work is already setup with DNS. Hard to get base level stuff like this. Was trying to get this going in my home lab, thank you for the informative content! Any recommendations on best things to learn to grow into a full systems administrator position?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome thanks

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome. To learn more one must practice. If you learn something once it’s unfamiliar, twice it’s familiar. The third time you begin to know it. This is a philosophy that I live by. All the best

[@DuncanandDawsonvideo]

@@AndyMaloneMVP Planning on going through all your videos that cover topics I haven't done. I will try applying that learning philosophy of repetition. Thank you!

[@raymondcolijn8130]

Thank you so much. This video was great to refresh my memory

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome😊

[@RabbitJnr]

Thank you, super informative!!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re very welcome thanks very much

[@laychinglim3680]

I know what is hosts record, name server record and you actually demonstrate how to add a hosts and exchange server into server zone. But, what is SOA record and what it actually does for the server?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Hi Lay great question. An SOA, start of authority record is exactly that it means that your DNS server has authority for that name zone. In many cases, this can be hosted by an ISP or other web hosting company. But essentially it’s this record that has authority to look up the authorised DNS zone.

[@theodosios2615]

I work for a software firm that services thousands of companies of all sizes. Believe me... on-prem AD is still everywhere.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

I totally agree with you my friend. I also believe it’s not going anywhere fast. But it will disappear eventually

[@MygenteTV]

I just discovered your channel a few days ago. And I really love your content we are learning a lot from you. Thank you for your work and what you do

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

It’s my pleasure and a warm welcome to my channel, thanks I’m delighted that you’re finding it useful. Drop by any time with any questions. All the best, Andy

[@MygenteTV]

@@AndyMaloneMVP Sure will, Im slowly watching all your content. Thank you again

[@Johnson14207]

Great video as usual❤ I am going to upgrade my server 2012 to 2019, so I am putting a VM on hyper-V and promote it as a DC. My question is: if I use the new DC as a DNS, which DNS address do I need to give this new DC as 300 users are already domain joined with the 2023 DC? I need to minimise down time and configurations. Thanks in Advance

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You’re welcome

[@maazosmany1291]

Thank you this was great

[@abdelt3290]

Great as usual!!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks again!

[@fbifido2]

@17:50 - "round robin" in DNS, what you said might be misunderstood.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks

[@srikanths651]

Nicely explained.... have a query.. that, As My Company Domain Hosted in Cloud, and My AD is Hosted on prem. When you hit the website it is routing only local server and it is not leading to Cloud server. So, when the people are working from odfice my company website is not loading. I ended up with no luck how to configure. Could you please assist me? Thanks in advance..

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Are you using an internal domain name for your AD? Or are you using the same domain name for both internal and external? It sounds like you need some basic DNS skills. Here’s a great article that hopefully may help www.steves-internet-guide.com/dns-guide-beginners/

[@zubabar224]

Hi Andy, Do you have sessions on upgrading Windows server 2k12, 261k to 2k19, or latest?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Learn.microsoft.com

[@C0sm1c.n00dle]

I am creating my own AD server for learning purposes and to play around. I have had some issues with DNS configuration. How do I determine which dns do I point the server to? My ISP dns or my router internal DNS?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You will need to configure an SOA or start of authority record which should point to your public IP address which you can assign to your server. In addition you will also configure your DNS server to NS or name server

[@C0sm1c.n00dle]

@@AndyMaloneMVP do you have videos on these topics?

[@sergioortega6874]

Nice work with this video.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks 👍

[@Philliprgarcia]

So when I go to create my domain controller in windows server I was told to use .local and not .com as .local is more secure. If I create the DC in windows server as .local and register it as .com in my DNS will that interfere at all or cause any issues?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Microsoft used to advise this years ago. The local domain name is a non-routable domain name and is perfect for internal use. For DNS, you will notice that you will have a local domain name plus you can also add COM domain names which are routable and you would need to have authority for these. You will have noticed that Microsoft use domain names like a datum.com or con todo.com These are for internal use and for training purposes. The local domain name is fine and if you ever wanted to use a live domain name in your environment. Once you’ve added it in DNS you can then go to active directory domains and trusts. Right click in the White area and you can add additional domain names here, for example, bobsboats.com I suggest looking at some documentation, learn.microsoft.com all the best

[@Philliprgarcia]

@@AndyMaloneMVP Thank you so much for clarifying this Andy! I am just starting to build my home lab and I am learning how to build a DC with AD in Windows server 19. I appreciate all you do!

[@tlopez5069]

I had been looking for this video for over 10 years, now that I am finally looking to get into computers. I am 43 can I still get into tech, or will I be age discriminated.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

The one thing about learning is that it has no discrimination for age 😊 keep your skills up-to-date and you’ll go far. I have a friend who is passionate about AI and machine learning. He is 71 and his skills are enormously in demand, and he can basically write his own check. I’m very jealous 😊

[@Riyaz8980.]

Thank you

[@ukgardener973]

Amazing! Thanks!

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thank you too!

[@primenetwork27]

I have public dns server but cant resolve in public help plz

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Check your dns records and the doc on learn.Microsoft.con

[@smaksood]

Subscribed ❤

[@psycl0ptic]

Why does your IP show is unknown for your name server 9:46

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Demo environment

[@dalesmith1849]

How did you get google at ip 8.8.8.8?

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

It's not an IP address its Googles DNS server

[@svenpapa8891]

Danke!

[@johnmclaughlin9674]

tc[p/ip five layers osi seven layers dns dhcp snmp records domain levels frame data gram the internet has my interests but Im on dependencies file systems shell interpreters processor csrss smss msl dll omg so much to learn love it though

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Awesome and keep going it’s an exciting journey🤗

[@OpeLeke]

Hi Andy, love your enthusiasm and beautiful smile but 2 mins dedicated to 'Jibby jabber' is just too long

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Sorry about that. But like I said this is about a community. If you’re looking for the quick demo channel then there are plenty of those out there. Here it’s all about connection and being part of the community 👍😊 I hope you’ll stay

[@Sasalele10]

great

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Thanks I appreciate that

[@mwcloud]

now do DNSSEC ;)

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

You read my mind

[@tzuci83]

Some people that create empty content has thousand / milions followers while some people like you who do interesting stuff have a hard time growing up . This thing make me angry

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

Hi Daniel thanks for your comment. I completely agree with you however I’m convinced that persistence will win through in the end here. For example my last video has almost 6500 views now in just seven days which is the most ever! And I’ve noticed that my recent videos are getting more and more reviews and more advertising on KZbin. So I’m convinced it’s just a matter of time and patience. But thanks for your kind comments, and it’s really appreciated. All the best, Andy.

[@tzuci83]

@@AndyMaloneMVP I think it's people like me who watch these precious free content that thank people like you who put their time and passion into it. Do not give up

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

@@tzuci83 Persistence and consistency! These are the secrets to success on KZbin I believe, and I will do my best. Thanks again😊

[@EltonWalters1973]

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[@therealist2000]

I don't find your tutorials to be beginner friendly at all.

[@AndyMaloneMVP]

I’m sorry to hear that. Perhaps taking a paid course might be more of a solution for you then.

[@TBMODS_APK_IPA]

Sir it’s public to google for VPS server?

[@brandonbarr2784]

Dydns. and forget it, ISP can change my ip adress no issues. I use it for blue iris and vm ware horizon