Though you may not know it, DNS (Or Domain Name System) is probably the most used things on the Internet. In fact, you’re using it right now. For those who don’t know what DNS is or does, it is the system we use to translate Domain Names to IP Addresses.
DNS was created to allow easy creation, distribution, and update of “Internet Names.”…
Here’s an interesting trick that might help you resolve some of your DNS management woes, particularly if you have a different Public and Private DNS zone in your environment. For instance, you have a domain name of whatever.com externally, but use whatever.local internally. When your DNS is set up like that, all attempts to access systems using the whatever.com…
If you’ve had to work with Active Directory or Exchange, there’s a good chance you’ve come across a feature of DNS called a SRV record. SRV records are an extremely important part of Active Directory (They are, in fact, the foundation of AD) and an optional part of Exchange Autodiscover. There are a lot of other applications that use SRV records to some degree or another (Lync/Skype for Business relies heavily on them, for instance).The…
Ever since Outlook 2016 was released, Autodiscover has been a necessity, rather than an option.
Autodiscover allows any Mail Client that connects to Exchange server to configure the appropriate settings for communication so you don’t have to input everything manually. It’s very handy, but can cause certificate errors if not configured correctly. One issue you may run into occurs most often with Exchange Organizations with non public DNS domains like domain.local.…