GlobalNames zone is used on Windows Server 2008 DNS servers to provide single name support for static resources that cannot utilize DNS. It is an upgrade mitigation strategy designed to help organizations move away from WINS. To allow for the GlobalNames zone to be functional, all authorative DNS servers must be running Windows Server 2008. Your domain controllers do not need to be running Windows Server 2008, only the DNS servers. For that reason, a funcation level of 2003 will allow the GlobalNames zone to be functional.
As I'm writing this article, I'm also writing a customization for a PowerShell course I'm teaching next week in Phoenix. This customization deals with Group Policy and PowerShell. For those of you who attend my classes may already know this, but I sit their and try to ask the questions to myself that others may ask as I present the material. I finished up my customization a few hours ago and then I realized that I did not add in how to put a comment on a GPO. This is a feature that many Group Policy Administrators may not be aware of. This past summer I attended a presentation at TechEd on Group Policy. One organization in the crowd had over 5,000 Group Policies. In an environment like that, the comment section can be priceless. I always like to write in the comment section why I created the policy so I know its purpose next week after I've completed 50 other tasks and can't remember what I did 5 minutes ago. In the Group Policy module for PowerShell V3, th
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