Changes to DNS in Windows Server 2003

This article discusses the changes to Domain Name System (DNS) that were made in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Several improvements were made to DNS in Windows Server 2003. Some of the main areas of improvement are included in the following list:

• Corrected issues
• DNS automatic configuration when you use the Dcpromo.exe tool
• Application directory partitions
• Stub zones
• Conditional forwarders
• DNS client Group Policy settings
• DNS security extensions
• DNS extension mechanism
• DNS logging enhancements
• Round robin update
• Active Directory directory service domain rename

To learn more about these changes, visit the following Microsoft Web site to view the "Changes to DNS in Windows Server 2003" Microsoft PowerPoint presentation:

For more information about how Windows Server 2003 DNS works, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For additional information about Windows Server 2003 DNS changes, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about an issue that may occur because of the new DNS extension mechanism functionality, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: