If you branch office DC will be a DNS server AND you only have *one* internal DNS domain, then yes you should be able to configure your branch office DNS server to leverage the ISPs DNS servers as forwarders without additional configuration.
If you have additional internal DNS domains, than as Jorge mentions you will have to configure some method to allow name resolution for those other domains - forwarding to other internal DNS servers, conditional forwarding for the specific namespaces, or transferring the zone to the branch office DNS server are all (but not the only) examples. Aric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto, Jorge de Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:03 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] branch office and dns Assuming you have windows 2003 dns you can use conditional forwarding I suppose you could configure forwarding for certain internal domains to the HQ DNS servers if needed and for all other DNS domains forward to the local ISPs Cheers, #JORGE# ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Jeff Kraus Sent: Mon 7/11/2005 8:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] branch office and dns Hi all, I would like to setup a branch office theat connects to our domain via a vpn so that the branch office can resolve our internal ad intrergrated domain and use thier local isp dns for external instead of looking to the HQ dns servers and have them resolve the external name (which they do already). The Hq dns servers are setup to use fowarders. would i do the same for the branch office ? . the branch office server will be a domain controller as well. (I have already address all concerns about a branch office domain controller--- it is nessary) thanks for all your help Jeff Kraus Network Manger NIC Holding Corp. 25 Melville Park Rd Melville NY, 11747 Voice: 631.753.4272 Fax: 631.753.4305 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. 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/ 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/
