DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (DDI)

Question

_{Friday, February 22, 2019 2:12 PM}

Hi,

 I work for a national public sector organisation with around 6000 staff and 40 sites. We have a simple AD setup, single forest/domain with a trust to another older single forest/domain. We have less than 10,000 computers.

We're looking at replacing our DDI product, VitalQIP with another product. My boss wants one of the heavy hitters such as InfoBlox, BlueCat or Efficient IP. We use DDI for the usual things:

• DNS resolution and forwarding, custom domains
• IPV4 address management (A, CNAME, SRV records)
• DHCP scopes and MAC reservations

We don't need any Bentley class features, so in my opinion, Microsoft DNS and DHCP on server 2012/2016 should be fine. Is this a reasonable assumption or are there shortcomings of Ms DDI that I'm missing?

Thanks

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All replies (3)

_{Tuesday, February 26, 2019 1:49 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

DNS and DHCP is designed for clients of all sizes. We've seen quite a lot forum members configured with AD integrated DNS as it is easy to manage.

Please let us know if you would like further assistance.

Regards,

Zoe

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_{Monday, February 25, 2019 8:28 AM}

Hi,

Thanks for posting in the forum.

Based on our knowledge, Microsoft DNS and DHCP server do meet all the requirements.

If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to post in the forum.

Regards,

Zoe

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_{Monday, February 25, 2019 10:16 AM}

Thanks guys,

 Just out of curiosity, how many of you have organisation profiles similar to mine and actually use Ms DNS?

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