DNS Zones and Records

                DNS zone is a specific component It contains the DNS records DNS namespace. A This DNS zone is hosted on a DNS server Responsible for responding to inquiries within a certain domain name records. For example, That DNS server is responsible for parsing www.contoso.com an IP address it contains contoso.com zone.

                Zone Content areas may be stored in a file or AD DS database. When the DNS server When the storage area to a file, the file is located in a To a local folder on the server. When the area is not stored in AD DS, only writable copy of a copy of the zone, while all others are read -only. 

The most commonly used types of zones in Windows Server DNS are forward lookup zones and
reverse lookup zones.

Forward Lookup Zones
Forward lookup zone resolves host names to IP addresses and host resource records public Including the host (A), alias (CNAME), Service (SRV), mail exchanger (MX), Start of Authority (SOA) and Name Server (NS) resource records. The most common type of record is the host (A) resource record.
Reverse lookup zone
Reverse lookup zone resolves an IP address to the domain name. A function to reverse zone Also a forward area, but the IP address is part of the query and returns the host name Information. Reverse lookup zones hosted SOA, NS and pointer (PTR) resource record. Reverse zone Configuration is not always, but you should configure them to reduce the warning and error messages.
Resource Record
DNS zone file resource records stored. Specifies the resource record type and IP resources Address to find resources. The most common resource records is the host (A) resource record. This is a Simple record resolve host names to IP addresses. The host can be a workstation, server, or other Network devices, such as a router.
Resource records can also help find resources for a particular domain can also include custom Property.