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Whitney Kenny 236 Reputation points
2021-06-19T13:49:32.51+00:00

I recently stood up a secondary domain controller within my organization which also holds the DNS Role.
If one DC goes down I would like all client machines to look for the secondary Domain controller. How can I remotely add the secondary DNS to all client machines without having to physically go to each machine?

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Whitney Kenny 236 Reputation points
2021-06-19T14:06:29.977+00:00

The ipconfig comes thru a router , not windows server dhcp role

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 132K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-06-19T14:01:37.61+00:00

    Hi @whitneykenny-7003 ,

    how the clients getting the IP config? Are you using DHCP for this? Than it's the easiest way to modify the DHCP settings and add the second DNS Server.

    If the clients have a static IP config than PowerShell might be an option:
    https://www.msnoob.com/configure-the-dns-client-using-powershell.html

    (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

    Regards
    Andreas Baumgarten

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