Active Directory requires Microsoft DNS?

[jared at puck.nether.net (Jared Mauch)]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd316373.aspx

On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Tom Mikelson wrote:

> Presently our organization utilizes BIND for DNS services, with the
> Networking team administering.  We are now being told by the Systems team
> that they will be responsible for DNS services and that it will be changed
> over to the Microsoft DNS service run on domain controllers.  The reason
> given is that the Active Directory implementation requires the Microsoft DNS
> service and dynamic DNS.  Not being a Microsoft administrator I do not know
> the veracity of these claims.  Anyone out there had any experiences with a
> situation like this?  I am a bit leery of changing something that is already
> working.