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DNS Installation Tutorial


DNS or Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system of resources on a computer networks. It's purpose is to translate alpha numerical domain names (names meaningful to humans) into logicalIP addresses (addresses meaningful to computers) that allows computers
to commuicate. 

For example, if someone would like to access domain name www.example.com, DNS would have to translate www.example.com into IP address, example 132.54.23.18. This way, users browser can contact the requested web server via the 132.54.23.18 IP address and get the www.example.com webpage. 



    DNS Server installation
Installation of a DNS server on a server that runs Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2operating system, can be done by going to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Server Manager. 

To install DNS server simple follow these steps:

1. Open Server Manager and click on Roles > Add Roles link, and proceed with the next. 

Server manager


















2. In the Select Server Roles, select DNS server, and then click Next. 

Roles wizard


















3. Next ... 

Roles wizard


















4. Confirm installation Selections... 

Roles wizard


















5. When finished, simply close. 

Roles wizard


















That's it. Installation of DNS Server is complete... 
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