we're using it very successfully and yes, there are various advantages: - I agree, limitation of replication would be the main thing, but it is often overlooked that the benefit are not only rgd. replication within a domain => today each DNS record is not only replicated to every DC in the domain, but most of the data is also replicated to every GC in the enterprise (don't forget, that EVERY object in the domain is partially replicated to the GC, this includes the DNS records...) => reducing GC size and GC replication is a main benefit
- rgd. changes in DNS design: today you're likely creating secondaries of your root-DNS zone (or of the _msdcs zone contained herein) so that forest wide records such as GCs are available on the child-DNS servers. => using DNS with App-Partitions you don't have to create secondaries - instead you create the _msdcs zone as a forest-wide App-Partition, automatically replicating to all DNS servers in your forest (reducing a lot of the headaches caused configuring and troubleshooting the approach using secondary zones). - there are many other benefits in 2003 DNS that are independent of App-Partitions, which may have a larger impact on your DNS design, like conditional forwarding and stub zones. /Guido -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Santhosh Sivarajan Sent: Montag, 26. Januar 2004 23:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Windows 2003 Application Partition Hi all, I want to take advantages of the new Application partition in Windows 2003 DNS. Does anyone have experience with that? If I have one domain and 3 child domains, are there any advantages to using application partition other than limiting the replication scope? Also, how would I change the DNS design from Windows 2000 DNS to Windows 2003 DNS? Thanks in advance, Santhosh 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/
