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nadsurf93
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Mar 22, 2021
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Azure DNS zone security

Hi there,   I have been considering using Azure DNS. I created a test tenant to try it out and configured an unused domain on it (say example.com). It worked fine and I decided to start using it ...
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    hspinto
    Mar 23, 2021

    nadsurf93, when you provision a DNS Zone in Azure, you are simply using a PaaS service that will allow you to delegate DNS resolution for a domain you own. An Azure DNS Zone by itself is useless until you configure your domain registrar to use Azure DNS name servers for your domain. That's why you don't have to prove ownership to Azure - you can only configure your registrar settings to use Azure name servers if you own the domain, of course.

     

    For each DNS Zone, Azure will provide you with 4 name server addresses. If you have multiple Azure DNS Zones with the same name, then their name servers must be different, because this will be the glue between Azure DNS and your registrar configuration.

     

    More details on Azure DNS delegation here.

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hspinto
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Mar 23, 2021

nadsurf93, when you provision a DNS Zone in Azure, you are simply using a PaaS service that will allow you to delegate DNS resolution for a domain you own. An Azure DNS Zone by itself is useless until you configure your domain registrar to use Azure DNS name servers for your domain. That's why you don't have to prove ownership to Azure - you can only configure your registrar settings to use Azure name servers if you own the domain, of course.

 

For each DNS Zone, Azure will provide you with 4 name server addresses. If you have multiple Azure DNS Zones with the same name, then their name servers must be different, because this will be the glue between Azure DNS and your registrar configuration.

 

More details on Azure DNS delegation here.

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