Introduction to DNS Configuration for Exchange Admins

Learning Path To learn more about AD and Exchange:
"The AD Administrator’s Guide to Exchange 2007"


To pick up DNS basics and troubleshooting information:
"Troubleshooting DNS Problems in an Exchange Environment"

"Troubleshooting DNS Problems in an Exchange Environment, Part 2"

"Top 10 Exchange Server 2007 Troubleshooting Tools"


For information about IP address assignment:
"Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines"


For information about Regional Internet Registries:
"ICANN—Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers,"


Microsoft Resources
"Information about configuring Windows for domains with single-label DNS names"

"DNS Namespace Planning"

"How to obtain Internet Mail Exchanger records with the Nslookup.exe Utility"

"Using NSlookup.exe"

"XFOR: Telnet to Port 25 to Test SMTP Communication"


Other resources about DNS:
"DNS on Windows Server 2003"

"DNS and BIND, 5th Edition"

"Domain Names—concepts and facilities"


To learn more about IP address blocks:
"RFC 1467—Status of CIDR Deployment in the Internet"