I would argue that WINS is required when setting up some applications. SMS and Exchange come to mind.
Using the child WINS servers is more than enough for what you're talking about. I wouldn't take them away completely, but rather just use the existing. I do that now and don't usually recommend deploying WINS into an empty root domain. Too much unneeded overhead in my opinion. At 1:10000 objects for a WINS server, it doesn't make a lot of sense unless I sell hardware :) I wouldn't get rid of it in your environment Joe. -ajm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pelle, Joe Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS topic Your assumptions are correct... thanks to all who posted. I am going to try and stop the WINS service and see if that breaks anything. Otherwise I can just point it back to the child WINS server. Joe Pelle Senior Infrastructure Architect Information Technology Valassis / IT 19975 Victor Parkway Livonia, MI 48152 Tel 734.591.7324 Fax 734.632.6151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.valassis.com/ <http://www.valassis.com/> This message may include proprietary or protected information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me, delete this message, and do not further communicate the information contained herein without my express written consent. ________________________________ From: Beelders, Ivor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS topic Joe, Your initial posting stated that your root domain is empty. I assume that there are no applications or users in the domain beside the admin users, i.e. service administrators. I also assume that you're using W2K or later to administer this domain. If this is the case, use DNS for name resolution only. WINS is not required. Ivor ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruston, Neil Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:01 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] WINS topic WINS like DNS, is domain agnostic. You may host a DNS zone abc.com (corresponding to AD domain abc.com) on a UNIX server, which exists in some Kerberos realm, perhaps. Similarly, WINS may be hosted on a Windows NT server which is not part of any Windows domain. In answer to your question therefore, simply use your existing WINS servers. neil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pelle, Joe Sent: 30 March 2005 14:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] WINS topic I know there has been some debate in this group recently about WINS in AD but I wanted to get your feedback regarding an empty root domain: Do you need a WINS server in an empty root domain? If so, would pointing WINS back to the child domain WINS server be a bad idea? Other than AD traffic nothing should be happening at the root level (other than DNS forwarding) so I'm not sure I understand why WINS would be needed... We have Exchange 2003 running (which I realize has somewhat of a dependency on WINS) but the Exchange server(s) are in the child domain where we have WINS already running. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Joe Pelle Senior Infrastructure Architect Information Technology Valassis / IT 19975 Victor Parkway Livonia, MI 48152 Tel 734.591.7324 Fax 734.632.6151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.valassis.com/ <http://www.valassis.com/> This message may include proprietary or protected information. 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