Search Again: Re: Moving to windows From: Sigfus Magnusson Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 Time: 1:48:53 pm Hi, On 18.8.2004, at 16:50, Jim Cobb wrote: > Thanks Jacob. > =A0 > So QuickDNS will manage 2003 DNS servers just like they do BIND=20 > servers? Yes. QuickDNS will manage Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and BIND servers.=20= You can test that by connecting to "trial1.menandmice.com" using=20 QuickDNS Manager. Username: senior Password: senior. There you see both BIND and Windows 2000 being managed by QuickDNS. Regards, Sigfus > -----Original Message----- > From: quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com=20 > [mailto:quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com]On Behalf Of=20 > JRascon@ameriquest.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:00 PM > To: QuickDNS Talk > Cc: QuickDNS Talk > Subject: Re: Moving to windows > > > Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server products are pretty decent. =A0The=20= > DNS and DHCP are well tooled and from my hands on experience capable=20= > of handling heavy demands. =A0Currently we have Win2k DNS and DHCP=20 > managing 12000 users and 1500 servers and our performance is fine. =A0My= =20 > thought on the issue is you use what you have and Microsoft provides=20= > DNS and DHCP integrated into its product and Active Directory. =A0If = you=20 > intend on using Active Directory then you will want to use MS DNS and=20= > DHCP. =A0 =A0 "imho" =A0 =A0 > > Best Regards, > > Jacob Rascon > System Engineer > Systems Technology - Infrastructure > > > > > > Jim Cobb <jim.cobb@tissue1.org> > Sent by: <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> > > 08/18/2004 06:05 AM > Please respond to "QuickDNS Talk" > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 To: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0QuickDNS Talk = <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 cc: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Subject: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Moving to windows > > > > Management has decided that we are moving 100% to windows. Currently = we > are 2/3rds Macs with windows machines under NT domains/WINS and we are > using using OS X dns servers with QuickDNS 4.5.1. My questions are: > > -Should we use 2003 DNS or stick with Unix DNS? > > -If we user 2003 DNS what is it's relationship with QuickDNS/Bind > version 8/9? > > -While there are some instructions in the manual for changing Bind to > dynamic DNS (which we may have to do for the transition), the = utilities > mentioned in the docs either don't seem to work or don't exist on the > servers (we are using 10.2.8). > > -What are you guys using out there? My Microsoft people predict total > and abject failure unless we use the entire server2003 suite,=20 > including > DHCP etc. end to end unadulterated by Unix or "foreign programs"=20 > (which > I interpret as non-microsoft). > > Thanks for any help with this- > > =A0 =A0Jim > > > > > > No electronic signature authorized - See complete company policy=20 > statement at: http://www.ameriquestmortgage.com/terms.html

Messages In This Thread: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 6:08:29 am Re: Moving to windows by Michael Wise on Aug 18, 2004 at 8:41:01 am Re: Moving to windows by JRascon@ameriquest.com on Aug 18, 2004 at 9:02:04 am Re: Moving to windows by JRascon@ameriquest.com on Aug 18, 2004 at 9:10:05 am Re: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 9:42:21 am Re: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 9:51:34 am Re: Moving to windows by JRascon@ameriquest.com on Aug 18, 2004 at 10:02:37 am Re: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 11:02:46 am Re: Moving to windows by mattb on Aug 18, 2004 at 12:06:10 pm Re: Moving to windows by Sigfus Magnusson on Aug 18, 2004 at 1:48:53 pm Re: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 2:28:10 pm Re: Moving to windows by Men & Mice Support on Aug 18, 2004 at 2:58:12 pm Re: Moving to windows by Jim Cobb on Aug 18, 2004 at 3:18:41 pm