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Thank you. I was happy to assist you. .. Thinkpads_User<br />

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Thank you. I was happy to assist you. .. Thinkpads_User


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Hello All, &nbsp; I have one customer who has one web server and one application server. &nbsp;Last summer the customer purchased a new application server and I kept the older server for a DNS and AD server.<br />
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I know that having AD and DNS on the application server poses some risks but I was hoping to get rid of the old server. &nbsp;What is a practical way of approaching this? &nbsp;It's hard for small businesses to think they should have two DNS/AD servers at a cost around $1800 each so they can logon.... when they were use to only have one server. &nbsp; <br />
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Some additional info: 30 users, 45 network devices (pcs, printers, etc..)<br />
One web server<br />
SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 on app server<br />
App server 2008 R2<br />
DNS/ADS server 2003 standard<br />
Web server 2003 web edition
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Hello All,   I have one customer who has one web server and one application server.  Last summer the customer purchased a new application server and I kept the older server for a DNS and AD server.

I know that having AD and DNS on the application server poses some risks but I was hoping to get rid of the old server.  What is a practical way of approaching this?  It's hard for small businesses to think they should have two DNS/AD servers at a cost around $1800 each so they can logon.... when they were use to only have one server.   

Some additional info: 30 users, 45 network devices (pcs, printers, etc..)
One web server
SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 on app server
App server 2008 R2
DNS/ADS server 2003 standard
Web server 2003 web edition

Good microsoft topology for small companies

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.

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.