Will if fail over, or just fail? Some DNS empirical testing

While out to dinner the other night we got to talking about name resolution in Windows, as one does while out enjoying a fine meal with friends… During the discussion we found that one of us had experienced some strange behavior with regards to the prioritization of DNS servers and failover. Specifically the issue was …

Computer naming schemes

I often get asked what I recommend for server/client naming schemes. Although there is no definitive answer; this always depends on your organization and what your specific requirement are, here are some pointers: Things you would often want to include in the name of a machine: Your organization name or an abbreviation of it: <org> …