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title: "What is a child domain?"  
description: "What is a child domain?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
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category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
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#  What is a child domain?

What is a child [domain](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12298/how-to-select-seo-friendly-domain-names-for-your-new-website)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

In Microsoft Windows Server, a **child domain** is a domain in a domain tree whose Domain Name System (DNS) name is a subdomain of a parent domain. If the parent or corporate domain is microsoft.com, for example, dev.microsoft.com, marketing.microsoft.com, and support.microsoft.com are some examples of typical child domain names.


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