Validate Troubleshoot DNS Event ID 4013 with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “This article resolves the event ID 4013 logged in the DNS event log of domain controllers that are hosting the DNS server role after Windows starts.”
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Stage Windows DNS registers duplicate SRV records for a DC if its computer name has uppercase letters with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “This article helps fix an issue where Windows DNS registers duplicate server location (SRV) records for a domain controller if its computer name has uppercase letters.”
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Trace Event ID 4015 - The DNS server encountered a critical error across Active Directory and Windows DNS
Microsoft states: “Domain Name Service (DNS) server Event ID 4015 indicates that a domain controller (DC) that runs the DNS Server role experienced a critical error.”
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Review Troubleshoot DNS name resolution failures related to DNS forwarders before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “You have forwarders, conditional forwarders, or root hints configured to perform name lookups for external names.”
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Scope DNS Server becomes an island in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “This article provides a solution to an issue where DNS Server becomes an island when a domain controller points to itself for the _msdcs.ForestDnsName domain.”
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Validate Name resolution and connectivity issues with AD/DNS evidence
Microsoft states: “This article provides a solution to name resolution and connectivity issues on a Routing and Remote Access Server that also runs DNS or WINS.”
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Stage Host's A record is registered in DNS with AD/DNS rollback checks
Microsoft states: “This article provides methods to fix an issue where the IP address registers an A record for the host name in its primary DNS suffix zone.”
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Trace DNS zone transfer options are unexpectedly reset across Active Directory and Windows DNS
Microsoft states: “This article provides help to solve an issue where DNS zone transfer options are reset after you change the zone replication scope.”
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Review Unexpected DNS record registration behavior when the DHCP server manages dynamic DNS updates before AD/DNS changes
Microsoft states: “_Applies to:_ Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1.” It also states: “You have an infrastructure that uses Windows Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) clients and Microsoft DHCP servers to assign and manage IP addresses.”
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Scope Troubleshoot DNS name resolution on the Internet in observed AD/DNS state
Microsoft states: “This article provides methods to troubleshoot Domain Name System (DNS) name resolution on the Internet in Microsoft Windows Server.”
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