Create BuiltIn Directory Partitions using dnscmd command

The following illustrates adding BuiltIn Dictory Paritions on command line using the command dnscmd.exe.

1. Assume the dns server on which to create builin directory partitions to be created is "dnsserver".

2. To create Directory Partition at domain level, run

dnscmd dnsserver /CreateBuiltDirectoryPartitions /Domain

3. To create Directory Partition for forest, run

dnscmd dnsserver /CreateBuiltDirectoryPartitions /Forest

Note: Here "dnsserver" should be forest dns server.

4. Finally, to add directory partitions to all domains, run

dnscmd dnsserver /CreateBuiltDirectoryPartitions /AllDomains