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What are the benefits of AD integrated DNS? |
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An Active Directory-integrated zone can be defined as an improved version of a primary DNS zone because it can use multi-master replication and the security features of Active Directory. The zone data of Active Directory-integrated zones are stored in Active Directory. Active Directory-integrated zones are authoritative primary zones.
A few advantages that Active Directory-integrated zone implementations have over standard primary zone implementations are:
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Active Directory replication is faster, which means that the time needed to transfer zone data between zones is far less.
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The Active Directory replication topology is used for Active Directory replication, and for Active Directory-integrated zone replication. There is no longer a need for DNS replication when DNS and Active Directory are integrated.
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Active Directory-integrated zones can enjoy the security features of Active Directory.
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The need to manage your Active Directory domains and DNS namespaces as separate entities is eliminated. This in turn reduces administrative overhead.
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When DNS and Active Directory are integrated; the Active Directory-integrated zones are replicated, and stored on any new domain controllers automatically. Synchronization takes place automatically when new domain controllers are deployed.
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