Creating Active Directory Partition for DNS Zone

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The correct answer is D. ntdsutil.exe.

To create an Active Directory partition for the DNS zone and restrict replication to only four domain controllers, you can use the ntdsutil.exe tool, which is a command-line tool for managing Active Directory. Here are the steps to create the partition:

1. Log on to one of the domain controllers in the forest with an account that has administrative privileges.
2. Open a command prompt with elevated privileges.
3. Type "ntdsutil.exe" and press Enter to open the ntdsutil tool.
4. Type "activate instance ntds" and press Enter to switch to the Active Directory instance.
5. Type "create nc <partitionDN>" and press Enter to create the new partition. Replace "<partitionDN>" with the distinguished name of the partition you want to create. For example, if you want to create a partition with the name "myzone.com" in the domain "contoso.com", the partitionDN would be "DC=myzone,DC=com,DC=contoso,DC=com".
6. Type "set nc repl IntraSiteReplicationSchedule 0000-2400" and press Enter to set the replication schedule to continuous intra-site replication. This means that changes to the partition will be replicated immediately to all domain controllers within the same site.
7. Type "add nc replica <partitionDN> <DC1> <DC2> <DC3> <DC4>" and press Enter to add the four domain controllers that should replicate the partition. Replace "<DC1>" to "<DC4>" with the names of the domain controllers you want to include. You can also use their IP addresses.
8. Type "quit" and press Enter to exit the ntdsutil tool.

After you have created the partition, you can use the DNS Manager tool to create the DNS zone and store it in the new partition. You can also use the Active Directory Sites and Services tool to manage the replication settings for the domain controllers in the forest.

Option A, Windows Admin Center, is a web-based management tool that can be used to manage Windows Server environments, but it does not provide specific functionality for creating Active Directory partitions or managing DNS zones.

Option B, DNS Manager, is a tool for managing DNS zones, but it does not provide functionality for creating Active Directory partitions.

Option C, Active Directory Sites and Services, is a tool for managing the replication settings and site topology of Active Directory, but it does not provide specific functionality for creating Active Directory partitions or managing DNS zones.