Hello everybody, There are 2 important server role in Microsoft-based networks; AD (Active Directory) and DNS. If you always wanted to install them together on one server, there is no need for any necessary configure on DNS server because the DNS is installed during AD installation and any necessary setting for SOA RR and LDAP and other is configured automatically. But how about to configure them separately? Now my question is here; Are you first install and configure DNS and then AD on the network or reverse? [Actually in 2 separate servers; one for DNS and one for AD] Here I want to discuss about this and please anyone who ever had the experience on this case, write here what he/she did and what was the result? P.S. I said these cause when u try to install AD with it's wizard [dcpromo in Run], there is a page that check for DNS in domain [sOA Query] which if couldn't be successful, it recommend to install and configure DNS on the same server automatically; and it's a little hard to configure complete SOA, LDAP and other necessary protocols in DNS manually. So many people prefer to install them together. So here I want to you’re your solution for this case. _________________________________________________ THANKS OF ALL THE PEOPLE HOW SHARE THEIR OPINIONS