MIM DNS Record Creation Script

In the last part of the script I am creating for MIM 2016, we need to create three different DNS records – MIM, PasswordReset and PasswordRegistration. These three records can also be customized for Name and IP Address. So, following the pattern from the last two parts, we have a scrip that will ask for IP Address and names for these records.

The Code

CLS

Write-host "-------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-host "   MIM DNS Record Creation Script" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-host "-------------------------------------" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-host ''
Write-host ''

# Import AD Module
Try {Import-Module ActiveDirectory -ErrorAction STOP} Catch {Write-Host "Active Directory Module could not be loaded"}
$DNSRoot = (Get-AdDomain).DNSRoot

# Standard MIM Security Groups
$Records = @("MIM","PasswordReset","PasswordRegistration")

# Loop for all users
Foreach ($Record in $Records) {

    # DNS Record
    Write-host "Do you want to use the standard DNS record for the $Record ? [s or c]  " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline
    $DNSAnswer = Read-Host
    If ($DNSAnswer -eq 'c') {
        Write-host "What Group name do you want to use instead of $Group ? " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline
        $Alias  = Read-Host
        $DNSNAme = $Alias+"."+$DNSRoot
    } Else {
        $DNSName = $Record+"."+$DNSRoot
    }

    # Get IP Address for Name
    Write-Host "Please provide an IP Address for " -ForegroundColor White -NoNewLine
    Write-Host "$DNSName :  " -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline
    $IP = Read-Host

    # Create DNS Record
    Write-host "Adding DNS records for " -ForegroundColor White -NoNewline
    Write-host "$DNSName" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline
    Write-host " in the $DNSRoot domain." -ForegroundColor White
    dnscmd /RecordAdd $DNSRoot $DNSName A $IP
    # dnscmd /RecordAdd $ZoneName $ARecordDomainDnsZones A $IP
}
Write-host ' '
Write-host ' '
Write-host '-- Done! ---' -ForegroundColor Yellow

Sample Run-Throughs


Further Reading
The DNSCMD command line tool – DNSCMD