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        "content_html": "<p>Use this document to connect an official requirement or behavior to observable evidence: Trace DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration across Active Directory and Windows DNS. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.</p>\n<h2>Source fact:</h2>\n<p>The official <a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/dns-server-loses-teaming-nic-configuration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration</a> from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Symptoms, Microsoft states: “The DNS server computer has multiple network adapters that you use in a NIC Teaming configuration.” The research record locates this support at <strong>Symptoms</strong>.</li>\n<li>At Symptoms, Microsoft states: “You configure the DNS server to listen on the IP address of the teaming network adapter.” The research record locates this support at <strong>Symptoms</strong>.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Do not import neighboring assumptions into the source record. The supported task is a scoped comparison involving Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution and the conditions the source actually describes.</p>\n<h2>What the source does not establish</h2>\n<p>The 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 Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before translating the source into an operational decision.</p>\n<h2>Applicability questions</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For source statement 1 at <strong>Symptoms</strong>, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?</li>\n<li>For source statement 2 at <strong>Symptoms</strong>, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?</li>\n<li>Which owner can attest to the recorded state of Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, including exceptions?</li>\n<li>What baseline for Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators must accompany the source-specific observation?</li>\n<li>Which success, stop, and escalation criteria are written before testing begins?</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>DSE recommendation:</h2>\n<p>DSE 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 Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.</p>\n<p>An implementation decision needs an owner, approved window, prechecks, observable outcome, stop authority, and rollback path. Validate Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before and after the test, and store only sanitized operational evidence.</p>\n<h2>Verification and evidence</h2>\n<p>Keep the source locations <strong>Symptoms</strong>; <strong>Symptoms</strong> adjacent to the sanitized artifacts used for comparison. Prefer sanitized query transcripts, DNS and network configuration, packet captures, event data, directory locator tests, and rollback records, with enough identity and timing data for an independent recheck.</p>\n<p>Label this evidence set <strong>DSE-20260827-449</strong> so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review.</p>\n<p>Preserve both successful and failed observations, along with approval and rollback evidence. Avoid uncontrolled production experiments. Assign an expiry or event-driven recheck so the conclusion is not treated as permanent.</p>\n<h2>Official references</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/dns-server-loses-teaming-nic-configuration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration</a> — Microsoft</li>\n</ul>",
        "content_text": "Use this document to connect an official requirement or behavior to observable evidence: Trace DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration across Active Directory and Windows DNS. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.\nSource fact:\nThe official DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:\n\nAt Symptoms, Microsoft states: “The DNS server computer has multiple network adapters that you use in a NIC Teaming configuration.” The research record locates this support at Symptoms.\nAt Symptoms, Microsoft states: “You configure the DNS server to listen on the IP address of the teaming network adapter.” The research record locates this support at Symptoms.\n\nDo not import neighboring assumptions into the source record. The supported task is a scoped comparison involving Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution and the conditions the source actually describes.\nWhat the source does not establish\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 Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before translating the source into an operational decision.\nApplicability questions\n\nFor source statement 1 at Symptoms, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?\nFor source statement 2 at Symptoms, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?\nWhich owner can attest to the recorded state of Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, including exceptions?\nWhat baseline for Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators must accompany the source-specific observation?\nWhich success, stop, and escalation criteria are written before testing begins?\n\nDSE recommendation:\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 Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.\nAn implementation decision needs an owner, approved window, prechecks, observable outcome, stop authority, and rollback path. Validate Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before and after the test, and store only sanitized operational evidence.\nVerification and evidence\nKeep the source locations Symptoms; Symptoms adjacent to the sanitized artifacts used for comparison. Prefer sanitized query transcripts, DNS and network configuration, packet captures, event data, directory locator tests, and rollback records, with enough identity and timing data for an independent recheck.\nLabel this evidence set DSE-20260827-449 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review.\nPreserve both successful and failed observations, along with approval and rollback evidence. Avoid uncontrolled production experiments. Assign an expiry or event-driven recheck so the conclusion is not treated as permanent.\nOfficial references\n\nDNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration — Microsoft",
        "content_markdown": "Use this document to connect an official requirement or behavior to observable evidence: Trace DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration across Active Directory and Windows DNS. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting.\n\n## Source fact:\n\nThe official [DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/dns-server-loses-teaming-nic-configuration) from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements:\n\n- At Symptoms, Microsoft states: “The DNS server computer has multiple network adapters that you use in a NIC Teaming configuration.” The research record locates this support at Symptoms.\n\n- At Symptoms, Microsoft states: “You configure the DNS server to listen on the IP address of the teaming network adapter.” The research record locates this support at Symptoms.\n\nDo not import neighboring assumptions into the source record. The supported task is a scoped comparison involving Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution and the conditions the source actually describes.\n\n## What the source does not establish\n\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 Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before translating the source into an operational decision.\n\n## Applicability questions\n\n- For source statement 1 at Symptoms, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?\n\n- For source statement 2 at Symptoms, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here?\n\n- Which owner can attest to the recorded state of Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, including exceptions?\n\n- What baseline for Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators must accompany the source-specific observation?\n\n- Which success, stop, and escalation criteria are written before testing begins?\n\n## DSE recommendation:\n\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 Windows DNS servers, clients, zones, records, policies, network interfaces, routes, and the Active Directory services that consume name resolution, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation.\n\nAn implementation decision needs an owner, approved window, prechecks, observable outcome, stop authority, and rollback path. Validate Active Directory, Windows DNS, domain-controller health, time, routing, firewalls, certificates, and authorized operators before and after the test, and store only sanitized operational evidence.\n\n## Verification and evidence\n\nKeep the source locations Symptoms; Symptoms adjacent to the sanitized artifacts used for comparison. Prefer sanitized query transcripts, DNS and network configuration, packet captures, event data, directory locator tests, and rollback records, with enough identity and timing data for an independent recheck.\n\nLabel this evidence set DSE-20260827-449 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review.\n\nPreserve both successful and failed observations, along with approval and rollback evidence. Avoid uncontrolled production experiments. Assign an expiry or event-driven recheck so the conclusion is not treated as permanent.\n\n## Official references\n\n- [DNS server loses its NIC Teaming configuration](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/dns-server-loses-teaming-nic-configuration) — Microsoft"
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