Explore comprehensive tutorials on configuring and managing Azure DNS for your applications and services. Learn how to host your DNS domains, create records, and leverage advanced features like DNS zones and traffic routing.
Learn the fundamental steps to create a public DNS zone in Azure, add records (A, CNAME, MX), and manage your domain's DNS configuration effectively.
Start Tutorial →Discover how to use Azure DNS Alias records to point directly to Azure resources like Public IP addresses, Traffic Manager profiles, and Azure CDN endpoints.
Start Tutorial →Understand how to use Azure DNS with Traffic Manager to distribute network traffic across multiple endpoints, improving availability and performance.
Start Tutorial →Explore how to use Azure DNS Private Zones to manage DNS resolution for virtual networks, ensuring secure and private name resolution within your Azure environment.
Start Tutorial →Learn to use the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) to automate the creation, update, and deletion of DNS records and zones.
Start Tutorial →Dive into more advanced scenarios, including configuring DNS zone transfers between Azure DNS and other DNS providers.
Start Tutorial →Azure DNS offers a highly available and globally routed DNS service to manage your domain names. Key concepts include:
Here's a basic example of how you might create an A record using Azure CLI:
az network dns record-set a add-record \
--resource-group MyResourceGroup \
--zone-name contoso.com \
--record-set-name www \
--ipv4-address 203.0.113.5
This command creates an A record for www.contoso.com pointing to the IP address 203.0.113.5 within the MyResourceGroup.