Naming Your Active Directory: Internal.local or x.External.com


we're creating new ad domain on new forest , want know best practices. our company owns  an external .com domain registered through registrar. i'd prefer set our ad domain x.external.com, advantages/disadvantages of each? (internal.local or x.external.com)

hi,

i suggest use internal domain (.local) name instead of public dns name (.com) active directory domain.

see discussion on name choose between ace fekay (mvp) , todd j. heron, mvp, during summer of 2003.

what's in active directory dns name?  choosing same public domain name, ".net" version of public name, or ".local"
http://msmvps.com/blogs/acefekay/archive/2009/09/07/what-s-in-an-active-directory-dns-name-choosing-a-domain-name.aspx


best regards,

abhijit waikar.
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