So I was watching Matt talk about how 2012+ cluster can startup without AD (also article). That's awesome! However, I'm left to wonder if there are still other requirements for successful cluster startup now that AD isn't a problem anymore - like DNS. Are you still gonna require some other physical server to answer DNS (or something else)? AKA is the cluster gonna have to perform DNS lookups (or need some other service on a different, non-cluster server) as part of its startup process still? That kinda seems like a gotcha...it's great that you can have your only DC's be VM's on the cluster now, but if you still have to have another physical server to do <any other service required for successful cluster start> that seems a little disappointing. Could someone fill me in?
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