We are decommissioning a 2008 R2 DNS server. I want to setup DNS logging to make sure no machines are static assigned to resolve to this server before I remove it off the network? What are the step by step directions for this? Or do I just need to monitor the DNS event viewer to do this?
Microsoft Server OSWindows Server 2008DNSActive Directory
Yes you can enable dns logging, in below link is described how.
https://support.appriver.com/kb/a669/enable-dns-request-logging-for-windows-2003-and-above.aspx
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