I haven't had to touch Server since 2012. I can see all that though.
I still feel like Linux is easier to configure/fix .. and cheaper. I was in the middle of a datacenter move and we had fucked up preparing for DNS migration and I wrote this in PowerShell at like 5am while on a lot-o-cofe:
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/reassigning-dns-entires-in-windowsactive-directory-using-powershell/
That would have been a sed command with bind, and I could test it on a copy because it's all text files.