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Firstly if you using Exchange/Active Directoy etc you need to have a Windows DNS server.<br />
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2003 and 2008 DNS are pretty similar with the exception that 2008 supports IPv6 out of the box.<br />
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If you planning on a new DNS server use Windows 2008.
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Firstly if you using Exchange/Active Directoy etc you need to have a Windows DNS server.

2003 and 2008 DNS are pretty similar with the exception that 2008 supports IPv6 out of the box.

If you planning on a new DNS server use Windows 2008.

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Sorry Chris your right. &nbsp;There are others that will support SRV records (I don't know which ones :-/). &nbsp;For simplicity it's brobably easier to stick with MS if there is no reason to use something else.<br />
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Happy New Year to you!!
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Sorry Chris your right.  There are others that will support SRV records (I don't know which ones :-/).  For simplicity it's brobably easier to stick with MS if there is no reason to use something else.

Happy New Year to you!!

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And to you :)<br />
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Chris
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I have been using a Windows 2003 server for DNS for the past few years. &nbsp;No problems with it, but I was thinking of changing as I planned to move my DNS server to my underused Virtual Server and save space.<br />
I thought of upgrading or changing the server, and was curious if there is much difference between either using Windows 2008, Simple DNS plus or using Bind with a linux distribution. &nbsp;Money is not an issue as my Microsoft products cost very little within my Microsoft School Agreement. &nbsp;So, any real issues with any of them, or do they all perform relatively well for DNS usage?
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I have been using a Windows 2003 server for DNS for the past few years.  No problems with it, but I was thinking of changing as I planned to move my DNS server to my underused Virtual Server and save space.
I thought of upgrading or changing the server, and was curious if there is much difference between either using Windows 2008, Simple DNS plus or using Bind with a linux distribution.  Money is not an issue as my Microsoft products cost very little within my Microsoft School Agreement.  So, any real issues with any of them, or do they all perform relatively well for DNS usage?

New DNS server?

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 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.