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DHCP and DNS roles on Windows Server 2008

Introduction

As part of this homelab, I have setup a Windows Server 2008 R2 (Win2k8 onwards) with the DHCP and DNS roles installed. 

Proxmox Setup

I created a new bridge called "win2k8" (this name will change) and attached it to the Win2k8 VM:

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The VM hardware is configured as follows:

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Roles Setup

After completing the initial setup, this is the server summary as seen on Server Manager:

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Once the initial setup has been completed, I added the DHCP and DNS roles.

The DHCP server setup is as simple as configuring the scope and scope options:

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Scope options for the Users network:

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Addresses currently leased on the Users network:

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Regarding the DNS role, the server is acting as authoritative for the sergio-jimenez.net internal zone. You can see the forward lookup zone for this domain along some A records below:

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