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If I understand, when you join a computer to the domain, it will automatically register it name and IP address in DNS, seeing that most of domain controller are DNS servers.<br />
- but what if, for some reason DHCP provides different IP address for the same computer..very rare cases when it happens.<br />
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-what if a computer is not part of the domain, but it is IP address is within DHCP scope?<br />
-what if there is no domain, just few computers in workgroup, and you still want to use DHCP and DNS. how do computers in workgroup register with DNS?<br />
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Thanks
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If I understand, when you join a computer to the domain, it will automatically register it name and IP address in DNS, seeing that most of domain controller are DNS servers.
- but what if, for some reason DHCP provides different IP address for the same computer..very rare cases when it happens.

-what if a computer is not part of the domain, but it is IP address is within DHCP scope?
-what if there is no domain, just few computers in workgroup, and you still want to use DHCP and DNS. how do computers in workgroup register with DNS?

Thanks

How do windows computers register with DNS

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.

Active Directory

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.

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).