RE: [ActiveDir] WINS

[Michael B. Smith]

Title: Re: [ActiveDir] WINS

Both Outlook and Exchange are users of NetBIOS name resolution - to wit, in the general case, WINS.   Outlook uses it to determine where to find its Exchange server to connect to and sometimes for what DC to use (GC information comes from DNS unless overridden by a registry item). Outlook will normally fall back to DNS except in some pathological conditions. Documented, but not public I don't think (my copy is dated during OL 2003 beta testing and it could've changed since then - I haven't run a network trace like joe probably has).   The easiest thing to note about Exchange is that Exchange servers (take a look at them in your CN=Servers,CN=<Administrative Group>,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=<Organization Name>,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,<domain>) aren't known by a FQDN or DN or GUID back into the A/D. Do some searching with ADSIedit for yourself on that topic. :-P Since Exchange is a forest-wide entity, hostnames could be duplicated in the DNS (note: I didn't say FQDN's - I said hostnames), but they can't be duplicated in WINS.                                -----Original Message-----                 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                 To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org>                 Sent: Sun Mar 06 12:55:30 2005                 Subject: [ActiveDir] WINS                                Is WINS still needed for exchange 2003? Some have said outlook still needs                 WINS.                                List info   : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx                 List FAQ    : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx                 List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/