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Create an Active Directory Partition for DNS Zone Replication

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Your network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest. The forest contains three domains. Each domain contains 10 domain controllers.

You plan to store a DNS zone in a custom Active Directory partition.

You need to create the Active Directory partition for the zone. The partition must replicate to only four of the domain controllers.

What should you use?

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The correct answer is B. Active Directory Sites and Services.

To create a custom Active Directory partition for the DNS zone and specify which domain controllers the partition should replicate to, you can use Active Directory Sites and Services.

Here are the steps to create the partition:

  1. Open Active Directory Sites and Services.
  2. Expand the Sites node and locate the site that contains the domain controllers you want to replicate the partition to.
  3. Right-click the site and select "New Site Link".
  4. In the "New Site Link" dialog box, type a name for the site link and select the sites that the link should connect.
  5. Select the "Bridge all site links" option and click OK.
  6. Expand the "Inter-Site Transports" node and select the transport protocol that you want to use (either IP or SMTP).
  7. Right-click the transport protocol and select "New Site Link Bridge".
  8. In the "New Site Link Bridge" dialog box, select the site link you created earlier and click OK.
  9. Expand the "Partitions" node and select the "DomainDNSZones" partition.
  10. Right-click the partition and select "New Domain Tree".
  11. In the "New Domain Tree" dialog box, select "Custom" as the domain tree type and click OK.
  12. In the "Specify Domain Controllers" dialog box, select the domain controllers you want to replicate the partition to and click OK.
  13. In the "New Object - Custom" dialog box, type the name of the DNS zone and click OK.
  14. Wait for the replication to complete.

Option A, dnscmd.exe, is a command-line tool that can be used to manage DNS servers, zones, and records. While it can be used to create DNS zones, it does not provide the functionality to create custom Active Directory partitions for the zones.

Option C, Set-DnsServer, is a PowerShell cmdlet that can be used to manage DNS servers, zones, and records. It also does not provide the functionality to create custom Active Directory partitions for the zones.

Option D, DNS Manager, is a graphical tool that can be used to manage DNS servers, zones, and records. It can be used to create DNS zones, but it does not provide the functionality to create custom Active Directory partitions for the zones.

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