{"id":5182,"date":"2018-05-16T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T14:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5182"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:09:39","password":"","slug":"create-dns-record-windows-server","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/create-dns-record-windows-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a DNS A record  in Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Start<\/strong>, click\u00a0<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>, click\u00a0<strong>Administrative Tools<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>DNS<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the console tree for your domain, expand\u00a0<strong>Forward Lookup Zones<\/strong>, and then right-click the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>domain in which your Office Communications Server will be installed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>New<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Host (A)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Name (uses parent domain name if blank)<\/strong>, and then type the name of the pool.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>IP Address<\/strong>, 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).<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Add Host<\/strong>, and then click\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To create an additional A record, repeat steps 4 and 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click\u00a0Start, click\u00a0Control Panel, click\u00a0Administrative Tools, and then click\u00a0DNS. In the console tree for your domain, expand\u00a0Forward Lookup Zones, and then right-click the domain in which your Office Communications Server will be installed. Click\u00a0New\u00a0Host (A). Click\u00a0Name (uses parent domain name if blank), and then type the name of the pool. 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