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Fantastic Reply.<br />
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Thanks very much LextricX for your very prompt reply. &nbsp;Well Deserved Points. &nbsp;Cheers.
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Fantastic Reply.

Thanks very much LextricX for your very prompt reply.  Well Deserved Points.  Cheers.

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Hi All,<br />
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Very simple question, hoping someone can answer nice and quickly.<br />
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I was reading a microsoft forum the other day and one of the Microsoft Technicians was advising against using .local as the Top Level Domain. &nbsp;He said apparently it causes issues in the long run with AD and DNS. &nbsp;Instead, he advised to use either .internal or .int.<br />
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Has anyone ever had any issues with this? &nbsp;Can't see how this would make any difference but thought i'd throw it out there to ask all you experts and see what you thought.<br />
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Cheers,
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Hi All,

Very simple question, hoping someone can answer nice and quickly.

I was reading a microsoft forum the other day and one of the Microsoft Technicians was advising against using .local as the Top Level Domain.  He said apparently it causes issues in the long run with AD and DNS.  Instead, he advised to use either .internal or .int.

Has anyone ever had any issues with this?  Can't see how this would make any difference but thought i'd throw it out there to ask all you experts and see what you thought.

Cheers,

Is there an issue using .local as the Top Level for a FQDN?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.