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I have a Domain Controller on main site which also is server for DNS.

At a remote site the router is not able to get DNS address via dhcp.

Is it possible to tell the Windows 10 client at the remote site (vpn) per lmhosts / hosts file how to resolve the pdc-name to ip?

Like last answer here: Windows domain authentication using HOST files

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You can configure DNS servers (and additional DNS related settings) via group policy. You can find it in Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Network - DNS Client - DNS Servers.

There's obviously a bit of a catch-22 here when new machines are spun up that don't necessarily have group policy applied yet. But however you were planning on populating a hosts file, why not just manually set the DNS servers at that point?

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  • Thank you! So you think i should set up the DNS from the DC at the network interface of the windows 10-PC? Problem is - that this is a notebook and dhcp should be used in other networks and - that all dns-querys will be forwarded to the main site. What should i do? What is the difference between setting the dns-server in group policy and setting it up in network config? Thank you.
    – Ja_Nosch
    Jul 11, 2016 at 17:28
  • What you should do is fix your DHCP problem so that clients can get all of their settings properly. Barring that for a mobile domain joined workstation, I'd probably just stick with manually changing DNS settings on the interface when necessary. Hosts files and group policy are a more permanent solution where the network isn't expected to change regularly.
    – Ryan Bolger
    Jul 11, 2016 at 20:47

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