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Normally you would use firm.local and this is the best practice.
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Normally you would use firm.local and this is the best practice.

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My concern with .local is that I have several MacBook Pros that will be added to the network. &nbsp;Will the .local domain cause issues with Mac OSX or has that been resolved?
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My concern with .local is that I have several MacBook Pros that will be added to the network.  Will the .local domain cause issues with Mac OSX or has that been resolved?

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It's supposed to have been resolved. I have a bunch of macs and they all use .local out if the box. So if you don't mind that, it's fine. <br />
I personally use .LAN so I know those are the ones I made. 
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It's supposed to have been resolved. I have a bunch of macs and they all use .local out if the box. So if you don't mind that, it's fine.
I personally use .LAN so I know those are the ones I made.

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Sounds like .local is the way I'll go. &nbsp;Last question, any comment on including a . (period) at the end of the local domain name? &nbsp;
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Sounds like .local is the way I'll go.  Last question, any comment on including a . (period) at the end of the local domain name?  

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The period will be implicitly included for DNS
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The period will be implicitly included for DNS

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I am rebuilding an internal domain and moving to Windows Server 2008. &nbsp;This will be a single domain in one forest. &nbsp;The firm's web site is hosted externally by a third party. &nbsp;<br />
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When creating a name for the internal domain, can I safely use internal.firmsite.org ? &nbsp;Or should I be using firm.internal to keep things separate?<br />
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I am rebuilding an internal domain and moving to Windows Server 2008.  This will be a single domain in one forest.  The firm's web site is hosted externally by a third party.  

When creating a name for the internal domain, can I safely use internal.firmsite.org ?  Or should I be using firm.internal to keep things separate?



Internal Domain Name Question

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.