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We have a Microsoft Windows 2003 DHCP server, and need a way to restrict hosts which do not have the correct naming convention from getting a dhcp ip address. I believe i can do this with a NPS (Network Policy Server). Does anyone know of an easy way to accomplish this, it do not have to be a free solution as long as it resolves my problem. 
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We have a Microsoft Windows 2003 DHCP server, and need a way to restrict hosts which do not have the correct naming convention from getting a dhcp ip address. I believe i can do this with a NPS (Network Policy Server). Does anyone know of an easy way to accomplish this, it do not have to be a free solution as long as it resolves my problem. 

Restrict DHCP host by hostname

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

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).