Manage Samba4 AD Domain Controller DNS and Group Policy from Windows - Part 4 | Linux Today

Manage Samba4 AD Domain Controller DNS and Group Policy from Windows – Part 4

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 7, 2016

Continuing the previous tutorial on how to administer Samba4 from Windows 10 via RSAT, in this part we’ll see how to remotely manage our Samba AD Domain controller DNS server from Microsoft DNS Manager, how to create DNS records, how to create a Reverse Lookup Zone and how to create a domain policy via Group Policy Management tool.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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