Keep this document to one review outcome: Review Appendix M – Document Links and Recommended Reading before AD/DNS changes. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.
\nThe official Appendix M – Document Links and Recommended Reading from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:
\nDo not import neighboring assumptions into the source record. The supported task is a scoped comparison involving forests, domains, controllers, directory partitions, trusts, sites, replication links, service accounts, and delegated roles and the conditions the source actually describes.
\nThe cited page and retained statements do not establish the current state of any DSE or customer environment, prove that the documented configuration is applicable, or authorize a production change. Confirm supported versions, dependencies, and the current live source before use. The citation is not a substitute for observed state, authorization, compliance evidence, or dependency health. Examine Windows DNS, time synchronization, network reachability, PKI, backups, virtualization safeguards, and privileged identity before translating the source into an operational decision.
\nDSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Use a two-person review for the source interpretation and the resulting operational decision. Record the source location, examined part of forests, domains, controllers, directory partitions, trusts, sites, replication links, service accounts, and delegated roles, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.
\nFor an approved change, define prerequisites, a limited test path, success and stop conditions, monitoring, and rollback. Check Windows DNS, time synchronization, network reachability, PKI, backups, virtualization safeguards, and privileged identity in design order. Protect credentials, keys, recovery material, personal data, and sensitive topology in evidence.
\nTie each conclusion back to Document Links; Document Links and to observable material such as directory and policy exports, replication and locator tests, event logs, trust state, role ownership, and controlled authentication tests. Preserve provenance and stable identifiers without copying secrets into the evidence set.
\nLabel this evidence set DSE-20260827-075 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review.
\nKeep before-state evidence, approval, test or change result, exceptions, and after-state evidence together. Use an approved lab, window, or nonproduction path for risky tests. Set a recheck trigger for version, architecture, dependency, vendor, incident, or ownership change. A check proves only what was observed.
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