Do I need AD when setting a DNS server ?

Question

I have an organization with approximately 1000 users of whom 90% of them are remote users. These users will use VPN to access a web-based application in the organization's network. I want to set up a dedicated DNS server so that remote users accessing the network can be resolved by their hostnames. The thing is there are about 1000 remote users and 100 concurrent users at any time.

Am I able to set up a DNS server without setting up an Active Directory ? Can DNS run without AD ?

Please help.

Thanks.

Can DNS run without AD ? If yes, how do I set up DNS to resolve 1000 hostnames ?

Answer 1

Sure, us Linux guys do it all the time. Never even think about AD. Although many of us do suffer from ADD (ok just a little humor).

I do belive you can use DNS without AD, if you cant switch to Linux server for the DNS server.

Answer 2

Yes, you can setup up a DNS server without AD. You just need AD if you want to create a domain controller.

Answer 3

So basically to make clean - that's the exterior address that should be static, no longer the inner community address? if so you want to get to the router settings, oftentimes by ability of typing 10.0.0.a million or 192.168.a million.a million on your IE address bar and enetring the username and password. you'll then have a web page which will assist you to enter your static IP that BT must have provided you. Persoannly inspite of the actuality that, i have not in any respect were given this to artwork without first operating the BT set up wizard, getting a connection and then getting in and replacing the IP address afterwards