Yes, this is exactly how we did our AD implementation. Our registered domain is "kimball.com"
Our empty root is "ads.kimball.com" Our main domain is "kii.kimball.com" (this domain started out as an NT4 domain called KII) We run split-brain DNS: our internal and external DNS are separate. To eliminate user confusion, all of our internal web sites start with "kww" (ie: kww.kimball.com). If I were doing it again, I would migrate KII to kii.ads.kimball.com to simplify our DNS (now we have 4 DNS servers: 2 ADS domain controllers, and 2 KII DCs). We went with the original scheme to keep the DNS FQDNs shorter, but there is really no need. The end users don't see them, and admins very seldom have to type the whole thing out. -----Original Message----- From: Brahim Bouchaiba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] choosing names for AD Hello all, My company has registered DNS domain name suffix called xx.com. My question is can I use this domain suffix as name for the forest root or another subdomain like corp.xx.com for the active directory .Putting in consideration that our website is www.xx.com is hosted by another company and that when i 'll set up the internal DNS I will use our ISP DNS as forwarder .I'm afraid that internal and external namesoace will overlap.Any ideas please.thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
