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I have a customer who is software developer and ERP system implementer. &nbsp;They have rented a physical server from a well known cloud computing company. &nbsp;They are asking that the server be a domain controller so that they can install a typical version of the ERP system so that they can do custom programming for the system.<br />
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After server was promoted to a domain controller, the DNS server does not allow the addition of service records. &nbsp;I'm guessing that the DNS server thinks it belongs to the cloud company's network.<br />
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How can we &quot;isolate&quot; the local DNS server.
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I have a customer who is software developer and ERP system implementer.  They have rented a physical server from a well known cloud computing company.  They are asking that the server be a domain controller so that they can install a typical version of the ERP system so that they can do custom programming for the system.

After server was promoted to a domain controller, the DNS server does not allow the addition of service records.  I'm guessing that the DNS server thinks it belongs to the cloud company's network.

How can we "isolate" the local DNS server.

Creating A Domain Controller on a Rented Server in a Cloud Environment

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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.

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