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Microsoft DNS server - backup and restore AD integrated zone

Firstly, backup the existing zone to a zone file. Resulting file will always be placed in C:\Windows\system32\dns - this can't be controlled:

$ dnscmd /zoneexport myzone.com myzone-backup-file.zone

To restore the zone, firstly move our myzone-backup-file.zone file back into C:\Windows\system32\dns, then:

$ dnscmd /zoneadd myzone.com /primary /file myzone-backup-file.zone /load

Finally, convert DNS local primary zone to an AD integrated zone (stupidly, this must be done over two commands):

$ dnscmd /zoneresettype myzone.com /dsprimary

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