Home / server / Questions / 442135
Accepted
Vazgen
Asked: 2012-10-25 22:47:12 +0800 CST

Resolving DNS name queries to local computer - Authoritative Parent Zone not found

  • 772

I'm trying to set up Remote Desktop Host Server in Windows Server 2012.

When I am configuring the domain controller I get the following warning:

enter image description here

I'm reading through microsoft documentation of this error and it says that when installing domain controllers in forest root domains with two or three-part names (such as contoso.com or corp.contoso.com), they are immediately subordinate to top-level domains on the internet such as .COM, GOV, .BIZ, .EDU

Does this mean I need to purchase the root domain I want to use with an Internet registrar?

With my ultimate goal in mind of setting up a Remote Desktop Host Server, what steps do I need to take so that users trying to remote connect to the server are able to resolve their DNS name queries to my computer name in the local domain?

I'm very new to this so please don't assume I know anything about DNS Servers.

Somebody please attempt to clear up some of my confusion. Thank you

windows-server-2012

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Yes, you will need to purchase the domain you wish to use from a registrar. You'll then need to have them delegate the domain or a subdomain to your nameserver. The details of setting that up are a bit much to go into here.

    However, you may want to rethink exposing your RDP server directly to the internet. That is a huge security headache. A VPN may be better suited for that, and then you'd only need to have the domain (which you'd still need to register) have an A record to the public IP of your VPN endpoint.

    • 1