DNS - PowerShell CmdLets Flashcards

Configure DNS zones Configure primary and secondary zones; configure stub zones; configure conditional forwards; configure zone and conditional forward storage in Active Directory; configure zone delegation; configure zone transfer settings; configure notify settings Configure DNS records Create and configure DNS Resource Records (RR) including A, AAAA, PTR, SOA, NS, SRV, CNAME, and MX records; configure zone scavenging; configure record options including Time To Live

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone

Please provide an example.

A

Adds a conditional forwarder to a DNS server.

ex. Add-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone -Name “contoso.com” -ReplicationScope “Forest” -MasterServers 172.23.90.124

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerDirectoryPartition

Please provide an example.

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Creates a DNS application directory partition.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerForwarder

Please provide an example.

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Adds server level forwarders to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerPrimaryZone

Please provide an example.

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Adds a primary zone to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecord

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Adds a resource record of a specified type to a specified DNS zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA

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Adds a type A resource record to a DNS zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordAAAA

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Adds a type AAAA resource record to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordCName

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Adds a type CNAME resource record to a DNS zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordDS

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Adds a type DS resource record to a DNS zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordDnsKey

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Adds a type DNSKEY resource record to a DNS zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordMX

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Adds an MX resource record to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordPtr

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Adds a type PTR resource record to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerRootHint

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Adds root hints on a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerSecondaryZone

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Adds a DNS server secondary zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerSigningKey

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Adds a KSK or ZSK to a signed zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerStubZone

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Adds a DNS stub zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerTrustAnchor

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Adds a trust anchor to a DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Add-DnsServerZoneDelegation

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Adds a new delegated DNS zone to an existing zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Clear-DnsServerCache

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Clears resource records from a cache on the DNS server.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Clear-DnsServerStatistics

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Clears all DNS server statistics or statistics for zones.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

ConvertTo-DnsServerPrimaryZone

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Converts a zone to a DNS primary zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

ConvertTo-DnsServerSecondaryZone

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Converts a primary zone or stub zone to a secondary zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Disable-DnsServerSigningKeyRollover

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Disables key rollover on an input key.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Enable-DnsServerSigningKeyRollover

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Enables rollover on the input key.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Export-DnsServerDnsSecPublicKey

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Exports DS and DNSKEY information for a DNSSEC-signed zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Export-DnsServerZone

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Exports contents of a zone to a file.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServer

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Retrieves a DNS server configuration.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerCache

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Retrieves DNS server cache settings.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerDiagnostics

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Retrieves DNS event logging details.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerDirectoryPartition

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Gets a DNS application directory partition.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerDnsSecZoneSetting

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Gets DNSSEC settings for a zone.

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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerDsSetting

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Retrieves DNS Server Active Directory settings

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33
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerEDns

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Gets EDNS configuration settings on a DNS sever.

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34
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerForwarder

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Gets forwarder configuration settings on a DNS server.

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35
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerGlobalNameZone

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Retrieves DNS server GlobalName zone configuration details.

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36
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerGlobalQueryBlockList

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Gets a global query block list.

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37
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerRecursion

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Retrieves DNS server recursion settings.

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38
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerResourceRecord

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Gets resource records from a specified DNS zone.

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39
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerRootHint

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Gets root hints on a DNS server.

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40
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerScavenging

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Gets DNS aging and scavenging settings.

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41
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerSetting

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Retrieves DNS server settings.

42
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerSigningKey

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Gets zone signing keys.

43
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerStatistics

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Retrieves DNS server statistics or statistics for zones.

44
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerTrustAnchor

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Gets trust anchors on a DNS server.

45
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerTrustPoint

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Gets trust points on a DNS server.

46
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerZone

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Gets details of DNS zones on a DNS server.

47
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerZoneAging

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Gets DNS aging settings for a zone.

48
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Get-DnsServerZoneDelegation

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Gets the zone delegations of a DNS server zone.

49
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Import-DnsServerResourceRecordDS

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Imports DS resource record information from a file.

50
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Import-DnsServerRootHint

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Copies root hints from a DNS server.

51
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Import-DnsServerTrustAnchor

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Imports a trust anchor for a DNS server.

52
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Invoke-DnsServerSigningKeyRollover

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Initiates rollover of signing keys for the zone.

53
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Invoke-DnsServerZoneSign

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Signs a DNS server zone.

54
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Invoke-DnsServerZoneUnsign

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Unsigns a DNS server zone.

55
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Register-DnsServerDirectoryPartition

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Registers a DNS server in a DNS application directory partition.

56
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerDirectoryPartition

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Removes a DNS application directory partition.

57
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerForwarder

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Removes server level forwarders from a DNS server.

58
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerResourceRecord

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Removes specified DNS server resource records from a zone.

59
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerRootHint

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Removes root hints from a DNS server.

60
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerSigningKey

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Removes signing keys.

61
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerTrustAnchor

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Removes a trust anchor from a DNS server.

62
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerZone

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Removes a zone from a DNS server.

63
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Remove-DnsServerZoneDelegation

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Removes a name server or delegation from a DNS zone.

64
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Reset-DnsServerZoneKeyMasterRole

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Transfers the role of Key Master for a DNS zone.

65
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Restore-DnsServerPrimaryZone

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Restores primary DNS zone contents from Active Directory or from a file.

66
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Restore-DnsServerSecondaryZone

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Restores secondary zone information from its source.

67
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Resume-DnsServerZone

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Resumes name resolution on a suspended zone.

68
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServer

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Overwrites a DNS server configuration.

69
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerCache

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Modifies cache settings for a DNS server.

70
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone

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Changes settings for a DNS conditional forwarder.

71
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerDiagnostics

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Sets debugging and logging parameters.

72
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerDnsSecZoneSetting

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Changes settings for DNSSEC for a zone.

73
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerDsSetting

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Modifies DNS Active Directory settings.

74
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerEDns

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Changes EDNS settings on a DNS server.

75
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerForwarder

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Changes forwarder settings on a DNS server.

76
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerGlobalNameZone

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Changes configuration settings for a GlobalNames zone.

77
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerGlobalQueryBlockList

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Changes settings of a global query block list.

78
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerPrimaryZone

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Changes settings for a DNS primary zone.

79
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerRecursion

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Modifies recursion settings for a DNS server.

80
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerResourceRecord

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Changes a resource record in a DNS zone.

81
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerResourceRecordAging

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Begins aging of resource records in a specified DNS zone.

82
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerRootHint

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Replaces a list of root hints.

83
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerScavenging

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Changes DNS server scavenging settings.

84
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerSecondaryZone

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Change settings for a DNS secondary zone.

85
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerSetting

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Modifies DNS server settings.

86
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerSigningKey

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Changes settings of a signing key.

87
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerStubZone

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Changes settings for a DNS server stub zone.

88
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerZoneAging

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Configures DNS aging settings for a zone.

89
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Set-DnsServerZoneDelegation

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Changes delegation settings for a child zone.

90
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Show-DnsServerCache

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Shows the records in a DNS Server Cache.

91
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Show-DnsServerKeyStorageProvider

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Returns a list of key storage providers.

92
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Start-DnsServerScavenging

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Notifies a DNS server to attempt a search for stale resource records.

93
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Start-DnsServerZoneTransfer

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Starts a zone transfer for a secondary DNS zone from master servers.

94
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Step-DnsServerSigningKeyRollover

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Rolls over a KSK that is waiting for a parent DS update.

95
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Suspend-DnsServerZone

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Suspends a zone on a DNS server.

96
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Sync-DnsServerZone

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Checks the DNS server memory for changes, and writes them to persistent storage.

97
Q

What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Test-DnsServer

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Tests that a specified computer is a functioning DNS server.

98
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Test-DnsServerDnsSecZoneSetting

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Validates DNSSEC settings for a zone.

99
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Unregister-DnsServerDirectoryPartition

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Deregisters a DNS server from a DNS application directory partition.

100
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What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do?

Update-DnsServerTrustPoint

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Updates all trust points in a DNS trust anchor zone.