Best strategy to install DNS and AD

[CrescendoBEAt]

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.

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THANKS OF ALL THE PEOPLE HOW SHARE THEIR OPINIONS

[Martin Zugec]

First DNS, then AD. Personally I am using DNS on Unix servers - without support for dynamic updates, I just needed to create SRV records. Also I am using BootP instead of DHCP - it have static assignment, so computers not listed in Bootptab wont be able to take IP address. It is because I like to store additional informations about computer - for example its name (most important for me), user of that computer etc.

[CrescendoBEAt]

Hi Martin,

thanks for ur answer, can u tell me which version of UNIX u use?

and any other idea for Microsoft-based network?

[Martin Zugec]

Hi mate, sorry, I cant say. It is not secret, but I am not *nix admin, I was just working on importing SRV records...

But in general it is the same - you can use any DNS server (unix, linux, windows...), but it must have support for SRV records.

[CrescendoBEAt]

lol yeah i understand dude

thanks for ur respond.

any other idea other guys?