Configure Network Services - MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2: Installation and Configuration Study Guide - page 96

You can use the following controls on the Zone Transfers tab to configure these settings
per zone:
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The Allow Zone Transfers check box controls whether the server answers zone trans-
fer requests for this zone at all; when it's not checked, no zone data is transferred. The
Allow Zone Transfers selections are as follows:
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To Any Server allows any server anywhere on the Internet to request a copy of
your zone data.

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Only To Servers Listed On The Name Servers Tab (the default) limits transfers to
servers you specify. This is a more secure setting than To Any Server because it
limits transfers to other servers for the same zone.

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Only To The Following Servers allows you to specify exactly which servers are
allowed to request zone transfers. This list can be larger or smaller than the list
specified on the Name Servers tab.

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The Notify button is for setting up automatic notification triggers that are sent to sec-
ondary servers for this zone. Those triggers signal the secondary servers that changes
have occurred on the primary server so that the secondary servers can request updates
sooner than their normally scheduled interval. The options in the Notify dialog box
are similar to those in the Zone Transfers tab. You can enable automatic notification
and then choose either Servers Listed On The Name Servers Tab or The Following
Servers.

Configuring Zones for Dynamic Updates

In Exercise 2.2, you will create and then modify the properties of a forward lookup zone.
In addition, you'll configure the zone to allow dynamic updates. You are installing this
DNS zone as a primary zone without AD integration. Even if you installed this DNS server
onto a domain controller, do not choose the check box for AD integration.

exerCiSe 2.2

Configuring a Zone for dynamic updates

1.

Open the DNS management snap-in by selecting Server Manager. Once in Server Man-
ager, click DNS on the left side. In the Servers window (center screen), right-click your
server name and choose DNS Manager.

2. Click the DNS server to expand it and then click the Forward Lookup Zones folder. Right-

click the Forward Lookup Zones folder and choose New Zone.