Questions tagged [msdcs]
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Danger of Scavenging Stale Resource Records In _msdcs Zone?
I just realized that a previous admin turned DNS scavenging on for all zones on one of the DCs, including the _msdcs zone. It's been this way for a while and things are fine, but I can't imagine that this is best practice.
Is there any danger to…

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How can I identify the current domain from these dns entries under domains._msdcs tree?
I hope everybody had a good July 4th!
Looking through my DNS entries, I see the following:
My questions are:
How do I identify which of these belongs to the current domain?
Is it safe to delete the rest of them or should I just leave them all…

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Does _msdcs needs to have Zone Transfer enabled with 2 domain controllers
I have _msdcs Active Directory Integrated. Do I need to enable Zone transfers and notifications on changes? I have 2 domain controllers with DNS/DHCP enabled on them? I would think yes, but it's disabled and I am not sure why? Windows 2008 R2…

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All DCs fail DNS:RReg test, Reports SRV Records Missing on PDC - They are present
Background
We are currently in the process of doing several Domain Controller upgrades. Before I started here a previous Admin had started the process of moving our DCs from 2008 R2 Standard to 2008 R2 Enterprise. There was a PDC, DC2008S-0, and…

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