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Copper Contributor

Jun 25, 2020

AD DS Auth for Azure File Shares / DNS Configuration Question

Hi all, I'm setting up our environment to "enable AD DS authentication for your Azure file shares" which was just recently offered in Azure. There are couple things that you have to do to get this wo...

DP305

Copper Contributor

Feb 02, 2021

ibnmbodji

So if I am correct you run the "New-AzDnsForwarder" from within your Azure DNS server, where you specify your "OnPremDnsHostNames". Am I saying that correct?

The only point I am sceptical about is does the "NewAzDnsForwarder" command also spawn new Azure DNS servers or am I seeing that wrong?

Thanks for your answer.

ibnmbodji

Iron Contributor

Feb 03, 2021

DP305

You can run it everywhere with the right powershell module and the right credentials for your subscription . Yes you're right it's also mentionned in the documentation :

By default, New-AzDnsForwarder deploys two DNS servers in your Azure virtual network, in an Availability Set, to ensure redundancy. This number may be modified as desired.

By default, the DNS servers will be deployed into the same resource group as the virtual network.

The doc i'm referring to

Configuring DNS forwarding for Azure Files | Microsoft Docs