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Do I do this on the WEB server?<br />
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If yes, would you advise how?<br />
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If we cannot get access, can we use our internal DNS to do the trick?
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Do I do this on the WEB server?

If yes, would you advise how?

If we cannot get access, can we use our internal DNS to do the trick?

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Thanks, Foottech. <br />
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Internally, can we setup a &quot;web forwarding record&quot; in our Windows 2008 DNS server?
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Thanks, Foottech.

Internally, can we setup a "web forwarding record" in our Windows 2008 DNS server?

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No, Windows Servers don't do that.
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Hi, <br />
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We need to provide a URL of a website for our customers. &nbsp;The URL has a long suffix after the FQDN of the web server. &nbsp;<br />
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Can I create some sort of alias in the DNS side to help resolve to this URL?
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Hi, 

We need to provide a URL of a website for our customers.  The URL has a long suffix after the FQDN of the web server.  

Can I create some sort of alias in the DNS side to help resolve to this URL?

Website URL is too long.

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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IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.