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2 Domain Controllers on the Same Network

Hans Gashi 1 Reputation point
2021-03-14T19:09:55.493+00:00

How can two Domain Controllers both be Primary DNS Servers for the same Domain would there be any issues with this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-15T00:19:54.04+00:00

    Hi,

    Did you mean some of the clients point to one DC1 as the Primary DNS Server while some clients point to another DC as the Primary DNS Server?

    Actually, In a larger environment, at least two domain controllers at each physical site should be DNS servers.
    This provides redundancy in the event that one DC goes offline unexpectedly. Note that domain-joined machines must be configured to use multiple DNS servers in order to take advantage of this.
    Based on my understanding , it would be ok to do this.
    Best Practices for DNS Configuration in an Active Directory Domain
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