Restoring the Separate _msdcs Zone
Okay, so if you're anything like me - and like things to be done properly first time (and also to look neat), then you'll know what I mean when I talk about the separate _msdcs zone in DNS on a Windows AD DNS Server. Of course, you have to be a nerd, like me, to know what I'm talking about here also - but that's assumed seeing as you're reading this blog. I digress...
If you have ever reconfigured said DNS server, and recreated the DNS zones from scratch, you'll know that the neat zone that keeps all the SRV records separate from the oh-so-important A records, disappears - and gets put in a folder under the usual domain root.
Well, I have a solution to the ever so pressing issue. Obviously the only way anyone is going to risk breaking their whole Active Directory network will be if, like me, they are so _totally_ OCD about this kind of thing.
So, if you're interested, I've written a short article on how to restore this behaviour, and published it as always on maxms.net. If you think it might help you out, then here's the link:
http://maxms.net/article/Restoring-the-Separate-_msdcs-Zone-in-DNS
But remember, follow that article at your own risk!