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Q. Where should the primary DNS for a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) that's a DNS server point?
John Savill
March 11, 2009
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A. An RODC that's a DNS server should point to itself for the primary DNS server. DNS servers in a hub location should be the secondary/alternate DNS servers. By default, when you promote a RODC that's a DNS server, the RODC adds itself at the end of the alternate DNS server list as 127.0.0.1. You should modify this manually or via Group Policy after creation.
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