AZ-800 · Question #183
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…
The correct answer is A. dnscmd.exe. dnscmd.exe is the correct tool for creating a custom Active Directory Application Directory Partition and controlling which domain controllers replicate it. Specifically, 'dnscmd /createdirectorypartition' creates the partition, and 'dnscmd /enlistdirectorypartition' enrolls…
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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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- Adnscmd.exe
- BActive Directory Sites and Services
- CSet-DnsServer
- DNew-ADObject
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(44 responses)- A80% (35)
- B7% (3)
- C2% (1)
- D11% (5)
Explanation
dnscmd.exe is the correct tool for creating a custom Active Directory Application Directory Partition and controlling which domain controllers replicate it. Specifically, 'dnscmd /createdirectorypartition' creates the partition, and 'dnscmd /enlistdirectorypartition' enrolls specific DCs into that partition, giving granular control over replication scope. Active Directory Sites and Services manages site topology but cannot create custom DNS application partitions. Set-DnsServer is a PowerShell cmdlet for DNS server configuration but lacks partition-creation capability. New-ADObject creates generic AD objects, not application directory partitions with replication control.
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