Title: Lab 12: Deploying and Configuring the DNS Service
Course: CTS 2234 Server Operating Systems > Section: Module 5 - Configuring Network Addressing, and Deploying DHCP & DNS Services

Directions: The following exercises can be performed either in a computer lab or on a virtual machine. The detailed instructions for these exercises and the lab worksheets are in the Labs Online for Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 published by John Wiley & Sons. You should complete the lab worksheet, save it as a document (YourName_LabX.docx) and submit it to the drop box for this assignment. For information on grading, see the attached rubric.

Exercise 12.1 Designing a DNS Namespace

Overview: Your firm is launching a new division, which will have its own DNS namespace, and your first task is to design that namespace by specifying appropriate domain and host names for the computers in the division.

Exercise 12.2 Creating a DNS Zone

Overview: The zone is the administrative division that DNS servers use to separate domains. The first step in implementing the DNS namespace you designed is to create a zone representing your root domain.

Exercise 12.3 Creating DNS Domains

Overview: A single zone on a DNS server can encompass multiple domains, as long as the domains are contiguous. In this exercise, you create the departmental domains you specified in your namespace design.

Exercise 12.4 Creating DNS Resource Records

Overview: Now that you have created the zones and domains for your namespace, you can begin to populate them with the resource records that the DNS server uses to resolve host names into IP addresses.