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title: How to create a DNS A record  in Windows Server
description: "- Click **Start**, click **Control Panel**, click **Administrative Tools**, and then click **DNS**. - In the console tree for your domain, expand **Forward Lookup Zones**, and then right-click the domain in which your Office Communications Server will be installed. - Click **New** **Host (A)**. - Click **Name (uses…"
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updated: "2025-04-09"
category: DNS
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# How to create a DNS A record  in Windows Server

- Click **Start**, click **Control Panel**, click **Administrative Tools**, and then click **DNS**.
- In the console tree for your domain, expand **Forward Lookup Zones**, and then right-click the

domain in which your Office Communications Server will be installed.

- Click **New** **Host (A)**.
- Click **Name (uses parent domain name if blank)**, and then type the name of the pool.
- Click **IP Address**, and then enter the VIP of the load balancer. If you will deploy only one Enterprise Edition Server that is connected to the back-end without a load balancer, type the IP address of the Enterprise Edition server. (A load balancer is required if you deploy more than one Enterprise Edition server in a pool).
- Click **Add Host**, and then click **OK**.
- To create an additional A record, repeat steps 4 and 5.