Abstract

Many organizations use the “free” Microsoft DNS and DHCP services that are bundled with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or previous Windows Server releases. However, without IP address management (IPAM) tools the Microsoft solution can be expensive to manage. Infoblox provides a low impact “overlay” solution for IP address management that lowers the cost of ownership for Microsoft DNS and DHCP servers. Infoblox additionally provides an appliance-based infrastructure to host DNS, DHCP that improves enterprise-wide DNS and DHCP availability and simplifies infrastructure maintenance.

Both of these alternatives enhance the scalability and reliability provided by Microsoft DNS and DHCP and provide a rapid payback on the investment.