Google has opened up public access to the new Domain Name System (DNS) service that allows users to make Internet hosts quickly, accurately and safely.

The new service allows users to bypass your own Internet service provider's DNS to use Google's performance-optimized servers, name lookup. Internet users continued access to the DNS in the background every time you enter a URL in your browser, click the hyperlink, email, or perform any other task to resolve IP address of host names.

User's currently assigned DNS server may be overloaded, slow, or even maliciously poisoned provide bad information. This means that Google's new services so the potential to improve the efficiency and safety.

Users can search by entering a new Google's difficult to remember DNS IP addresses (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) to replace their existing DNS settings, either individually on each computer used by, or central to your AirPort base station or other router, which will then have access to Google's DNS to perform all network query host name.

No redirection, blocking or filtering

Other free DNS services are already available, but most cover their costs by shifting is not a query (for mistyped or incorrect URLs) for ad-supported sites that propose alternatives. Until now, Google in March't perform any conversion of such business. Instead, the company providing the service for free as a way to collect information on how Internet users in anonymous and aggregate level.

In its Google Public DNS information page, the company stated,"Sometimes, in the case of queries for mistyped or non-existent domain name, right [DNS] response means that there is no reply or an error message stating the domain name could not be resolved. Public Google DNS never blocks, filters or conversion of users, unlike some open resolvers and ISPs."

Google also provides detailed instructions on how to use their new service, including free telephone support. It also explains performance advantages in security benefits their new services.

Google's network of savvy and ability to handle huge amounts of public requirements would be uniquely placed to offer this service free of charge to the public. The company itself describes the services offered to quickly caught, as every typical user loads a Web page in the browser include several or even many DNS queries, each of which can stall the progress of loading pages, if it can not be resolved quickly.

[via Apple Insider]

I've been a small business consultant for about 8 years and I've done a hundred of these kinds of migrations and got the process down to where it's almost invisible to the users.

Here's the setup:
Single server that is a DC, DNS, DHCP and WINS server. Also hosts all file shares (user directories and shared folders) and printer shares.
You've purchased a new server and want to move everything over to the new server. Here's how:
1. Build your new server

First thing, build you new server with the latest Windows 2003 software (we'll stay on 2003 as that's the most common right now). We'll call the old server OLDDC and the new one NEWDC.
Give yourself a large C: partition, at least 25gb. The rest of can be partitioned into the D: drive. I don't like to create a lot of partitions because they just cause more overhead for little purpose. ALWAYS keep your OS and data separate though!
As for the server, most places up through 100 users can easily get by with a single RAID controller running RAID5. You'll see plenty of debate over this (RAID6, RAID10, etc) but I've had good luck with this configuration. 4gb of RAM for Windows Standard.

2. Promote the server to be the DC


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