Retrieved 2022-04-18. ↑ "Domain Name System name recommendations for Small Business Server 2000 and Windows Small Business Server 2003". support.microsoft.com. 2007-12-03. Three practical methods to name the DNS domain are: [1/3] [...] private domain name that is used for name resolution on the internal Small Business Server network. [...] usually [...] first-level domain of .local. [...] [2/3] Make the name a sub-domain of a publicly registered domain name.