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Step 1. Open DNS Manager (Win2012, press Start button and click DNS. Win2003/2008 Start>Programs/Administrative Tools/DNS)
You will see the locally configured DNS server. See below screen shot
Step 2. Create New Zone.
Right click on “Forward Lookup Zones” and select “New Zone”.
You will be presented with the New DNS Zone wizard welcome window. Click Next to Continue.
See below screen shot
Step 3. Select “Stub Zone”
As we are creating a Stub Zone this speaks for itself. Take note to ensure that the tick box saying “Store the zone in Active Directory” is ticked to ensure that the zone information is replicated to other Domain Controllers.
Click Next to Continue.
See below screen shot
Step 4. Active Directory Zone replication
Accept the default of “To all DNS servers running on domain controllers in this domain: domain.com”.
This will ensure that all other DNS servers which are Active Directory replicated will also receive this zone information.
Click Next to Continue.
See below screen shot
Step 5. Zone Name
This window is quite self explanatory. Enter the domain name of which you wish to add as a Stub Zone.
We are performing this process on a domain.com DNS server, so we need to add example.com
Click Next to Continue.
See below screen shot
