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Thanks Will. <br />
I followed the instructions in the link you provided but am not getting the SRV records to populate. Attached are the 3 resulting warnings in the Event Viewer system logs...<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/05_w18/911657/DNS-Warning.txt" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="DNS-Warning.txt (3 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>DNS-Warning.txt</a>
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Thanks Will.
I followed the instructions in the link you provided but am not getting the SRV records to populate. Attached are the 3 resulting warnings in the Event Viewer system logs...
event-viewer.JPG [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/05_w18/911656/event-viewer.JPG]
DNS-Warning.txt [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/05_w18/911657/DNS-Warning.txt]

DNS-Warning.txt

event-viewer.JPG

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Take a look at the Microsoft KB Article for event 5781<br />
<a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259277" rel="ugc nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259277</a><br />
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Also you might need to recreate your SRV records to see if that helps.<br />
<a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx" rel="ugc">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx</a><br />
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Will.
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Take a look at the Microsoft KB Article for event 5781
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259277 [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/259277]

Also you might need to recreate your SRV records to see if that helps.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793405.aspx]

Will.

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We have a small virtual environment with a domain controller and an RDS (both are Server 2012 R2). We have been having an issue getting a new vm with Windows 8.1 to see the domain. In troubleshooting this one of the techs deleted the Active Directory forward lookup zones with the idea of recreating them. I was able to recreate the primary zone but am not sure how to or if it's possible to recreate the AD forward lookup zone (_msdcs). <br />
Can this be done and if so how?<br />
Thanks
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We have a small virtual environment with a domain controller and an RDS (both are Server 2012 R2). We have been having an issue getting a new vm with Windows 8.1 to see the domain. In troubleshooting this one of the techs deleted the Active Directory forward lookup zones with the idea of recreating them. I was able to recreate the primary zone but am not sure how to or if it's possible to recreate the AD forward lookup zone (_msdcs). 
Can this be done and if so how?
Thanks

AD DNS Zone deleted

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.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.