DNS structure for child domain

[Matthew Kitchin]

I've been asked to analyze a partner Company's AD setup. They have all sorts
of problems. I was looking through their DNS setup. Lets say the DNS name of
their AD 2003 domain is example.com. There is nothing in example.com but a
few DCs/ Everything is really in child.example.com.

What I thought was odd is that child.example.com is it's own DNS zone. It
isn't a sub zone of example.com. Is this a allowed way to have DNS setup.
Every other time I have setup a child domain it has been a sub zone of the
parent DNS zone.

What is the correct way to set this up? Will the incorrect way work
properly?

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Chriss3]

This is a supported and well working scenario.

 

[Matthew Kitchin]

Is one DNS structure recommended over the other?

-Matthew

 

[Enkidu]

The acid test is: does it work? Either scenario is a valid scenario.
Personally I prefer a seperate zone for each Domain.

Cheers,

Cliff

{MVP Directory Services}