Active Directory DNS Problems: SRV Records, Zones, and Resolution Failures

DNS Event Viewer log showing active directory dns problems — NETLOGON and DNS source entries on Windows Server 2025

15 min readActive directory dns problems cause authentication failures, replication errors, and Group Policy issues — often without looking like DNS. Covers SRV records, Event IDs 4013/4015/5774/5781, domain join failures, scavenging, and Global Catalog DNS on Windows Server 2025.