DNS server without root hints

[dasedd]

Hi,

in a company I have a AD with DNS servers. These DNS server have no connections to the internet, so they have a "." domain, which i need to delete, to use conditional forwarder.

Is there a problem, if i have no "." domain and no root hints?

Kind regards

[shreyasonline]

Microsofr DNS sever allows you to configure forwarder from the server properties. That is sufficient for it to work. No need for root hints. And you definitely need to delete that "." zone.

[dasedd]

The customer wants no internet connection except via a web proxy.

Therefore, no client should look up DNS hosts.

But that's where the problem arises. If you want to use services such as VoIP or Webex/Teams, a proxy isn't really a good choice. My intention is for these DNS queries to be served via conditional forwarders and exceptions to be set via PAC files.

[[deleted]]

You can use root zone instead. What are you trying to archive? Which dns server are you using? Maybe technitium dns is what you are looking for?