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Yes, it can.<br />
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When you attempt to connect to your 2008 DNS instance, what error(s) do you receive?<br />
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Yes, it can.

When you attempt to connect to your 2008 DNS instance, what error(s) do you receive?

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I get &quot;Cannot contact the DNS server&quot; &nbsp;and then the standard other responses &quot;dns server may not be running&quot;, &quot;network problems&quot;. However I can ping the 64 Bit DNS server fine from the 32 bit one, I can query 53 with no problems and from what I can tell, records are transferring.
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I get "Cannot contact the DNS server"  and then the standard other responses "dns server may not be running", "network problems". However I can ping the 64 Bit DNS server fine from the 32 bit one, I can query 53 with no problems and from what I can tell, records are transferring.

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I will try that later tonight or tomorrow. &nbsp;thank you. &nbsp;I believe this look like my fix. I'll let you know
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I will try that later tonight or tomorrow.  thank you.  I believe this look like my fix. I'll let you know

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I'm pretty sure this would fix it but after a little thought and reading I'm not going to downgrade the security policy just so I can remotely manage the 08 DNS. &nbsp;If I have to make a DNS change I will rdp into the box or until I upgrade my other AD/DNS then this issue will be moot.<br />
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thank you!
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I'm pretty sure this would fix it but after a little thought and reading I'm not going to downgrade the security policy just so I can remotely manage the 08 DNS.  If I have to make a DNS change I will rdp into the box or until I upgrade my other AD/DNS then this issue will be moot.

thank you!

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Can Windows 2003 DNS mmc connect to Windows 2008 R2 DNS? &nbsp;I have a mixed environment and I cannot connect to my recently installed 64bit DNS server running 2008 R2. &nbsp;I tried searching to see if there is a known reason but cannot find any. &nbsp;Does anyone know why? &nbsp;I know both DNS serves are running fine.
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Can Windows 2003 DNS mmc connect to Windows 2008 R2 DNS?  I have a mixed environment and I cannot connect to my recently installed 64bit DNS server running 2008 R2.  I tried searching to see if there is a known reason but cannot find any.  Does anyone know why?  I know both DNS serves are running fine.

Windows 2003 DNS snapin cannot view Windows 2008 R2 DNS?

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 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

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.