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WS2008: Domain Name Service: What's New

DNS provides the name resolution services required by Active Directory. The DNS server in Windows Server 2008 complies with the set of Requests for Comments (RFCs) that define and standardize the DNS protocol. Because the DNS Server service is RFC compliant and it can use standard DNS data file and resource record formats, it can work successfully with most other DNS server implementations, such as DNS implementations that use the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software. The DNS Server service in Windows Server 2008 includes some new and enhanced features described below.

1. Background zone loading

A DNS server running Windows Server 2008 now loads zone data stored in AD DS in the background while it (re)starts, so that it can respond immediately to requests for data from other zones. Because the task of loading zones is performed by separate threads, the DNS server is able to respond to queries while zone loading is in progress. Let's have a look at the startup sequence: (more)

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