Forward and Reverse Zone Creation Lab

In this task, you will create a new forward lookup zone that allows DNS to resolve hostnames to IP addresses.

1. Login with the user ladmin and password of password123
2. Click Start, and open Server Manager → Tools → DNS.
3. Expand SADC01, right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and select New Zone.
4. Select Primary Zone and enter the following for the Zone name:

lab.serveracademy.com

5. Accept the default zone file and complete the wizard.
6. Click Check step to proceed

In this task, you will create a reverse lookup zone that allows DNS to resolve IP addresses back to hostnames.

1. In DNS Manager, right-click Reverse Lookup Zones.
2. Select New Zone.
3. Select Primary Zone.
4. Select IPv4 Reverse Lookup Zone.
5. Enter the network ID:

10.0.X.

NOTE: Replace X with the third octet of your lab virtual machine ip configuration. You can check with ipconfig on the command prompt.

6. Complete the wizard using the default settings.
7. Click Check step to proceed,

In this task, you verify that both the forward and reverse lookup zones were created successfully on the DNS server.

1. Run the following commands form a PowerShell window:

2. Confirm that you can see:

lab.serveracademy.com

under the forward zones and a corresponding in-addr.arpa zone under the reverse zones.