Learn about DNS and DHCP in a modern Windows network—essential knowledge for any current or aspiring sysadmin to fully understand.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Install and configure Windows Server 2022 DHCP and DNS
- What is DHCP?
- DHCP on various devices
- The importance of DHCP in the enterprise
- Installing the DHCP server role
- DHCP authorization
- Creating scopes
- Configuring DHCP options
- Scope activation
- Client configuration for DHCP
- Setting up reservations
- Setting up exclusions
- Import and export databases
- Scope reconciliation
- DHCP troubleshooting
- DHCP filters
- DHCP failover and high availability
- DHCP failover setup
- DHCP relay using switches and routers
- Routing using DHCP
- DHCP policies
- Split scope
- DNS importance with Active Directory
- DNS manager overview
- Important Active Directory DNS records
- Install DNS on a member server
- Client DNS configuration
- DNS forwarders
- Forward DNS zones and AD integration
- Reverse DNS zones and AD integration
- Secondary zone creation
- Stub zone creation
- Forward and reverse zone records
- Alias (CNAME) records
- Mail (MX) records
- Other record types
- DNS queries
- DNS cache
- Conditional forwarders
- DNS cache locking
- DNS socket pool
- DNS zone signing
- DNS security extensions
- Managing DNS and DHCP using Admin Center
- Managing DNS and DHCP using IPAM
Taught by
Robert McMillen