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Azure DNS Overview

Azure DNS features

Azure DNS Plans

Azure DNS Overview

Azure DNS is a hosting service for DNS domains that provides name resolution by using Microsoft Azure infrastructure. By hosting your domains in Azure, you can manage your DNS records by using the same credentials, APIs, tools, and billing as your other Azure services.
Azure Private DNS provides a reliable and secure DNS service for your virtual network. Azure Private DNS manages and resolves domain names in the virtual network without the need to configure a custom DNS solution.

Azure DNS Features

Ease of use

Azure DNS can manage DNS records for your Azure services and provide DNS for your external resources as well. Azure DNS is integrated in the Azure portal and uses the same credentials, support contract, and billing as your other Azure services

Host your DNS alongside your apps

Use Azure DNS to host your Domain Name System (DNS) domains in Azure. Manage your DNS records using the same credentials and billing and support contract, as your other Azure services. Seamlessly integrate Azure-based services with corresponding DNS updates and streamline your end-to-end deployment process.

Accelerate your apps with fast DNS queries

Azure DNS uses a global network of name servers to provide fast responses to DNS queries. Azure use Anycast networking, so DNS queries automatically route to the closest name servers to give you the best possible performance.

Rely on the Microsoft global network of DNS servers

The Microsoft global network of name servers has the scale and redundancy to give you ultra-high availability for your domains. With Azure DNS, you can be confident that your DNS will always be available.

Get DNS updates without the wait

When you add a new DNS record, the Azure DNS name servers are updated in a few seconds—so you don’t have to wait long before that DNS record can be used.

Azure DNS Private Zones

Azure DNS Private Zones provides a simple, reliable, secure DNS service to manage and resolve names in a VNET without the need for you to create and manage custom DNS solution

Simplify your migration

Use the brands you already know and the skills your team already has to bring advanced DNS capabilities (such as security through DNS filtering) to your virtual network while maintaining a familiar experience.

Enhance your security

Add advanced DNS security to your virtual network by deploying a DNS firewall and help mitigate DNS-related security issues such as Phishing and Data Exfiltration.

Reliability and performance

DNS domains in Azure DNS are hosted on Azure’s global network of DNS name servers. Azure DNS uses anycast networking. Each DNS query is answered by the closest available DNS server to provide fast performance and high availability for your domain.

Customizable virtual networks with private domains

Azure DNS also supports private DNS domains. This feature allows you to use your own custom domain names in your private virtual networks rather than the Azure-provided names available today

Azure DNS Plans

Azure DNS billing is based on the number of DNS zones hosted in Azure and the number of DNS queries received.
DNS
Public & Private Zones (USD)
First 25 hosted DNS zones
$0.50 / Zone /Month*
Additional hosted DNS zones (over 25)
$0.10 / Zone /Month*
First billion DNS queries /month
$0.40 / million**
Additional DNS queries (over 1 billion)/month
$0.20 / million**
* Per-zone charge is calculated daily; partial months are pro rata.
** Queries are aggregated within an Azure subscription for billing purposes.

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A domain is a unique name in the domain name system, for example “contoso.com”. A DNS zone is used to host the DNS records for a particular domain. For example, the domain contoso.com may contain several DNS records, such as mail.contoso.com (for a mail server) and www.contoso.com (for a website). Azure DNS allows you to host a DNS zone and thereby manage the DNS records for a domain in Azure.
You do not need to purchase a domain to host a DNS zone in Azure DNS. You can create a DNS zone at any time without owning the domain name. However, you will need to purchase the domain name if you want to link your DNS zone into the global DNS hierarchy—this enables DNS queries from anywhere in the world to find your DNS zone and be answered with your DNS records.
No, Azure DNS does not currently support purchasing of domain names. To purchase domains, you should use a third-party domain name registrar, who will typically charge a small annual fee.
Yes. You must use static public IP addresses with Azure Traffic Manager. Configure the External endpoint target by using a static IP address.
No. URL redirect services aren’t a DNS service. They work at the HTTP level rather than the DNS level. Some DNS providers bundle a URL redirect service as part of their overall offering. This service isn’t currently supported by Azure DNS.
A sub-region is the lowest level geo-location that you may select to deploy your applications and associated data. For data transfers (except CDN), the following regions correspond to Zone 1, Zone 2 and Zone 3. Zone 1 – Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Canada Central, Canada East, North Europe, West Europe, France Central, France South, Germany North (Public), Germany West Central (Public), Norway East, Norway West, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, UK South, UK West, Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West Central US Zone 2 – East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia East, Australia Southeast, Central India, South India, West India, Japan East, Japan West, Korea Central, Korea South Zone 3 – Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, South Africa North, South Africa West, UAE Central, UAE North Germany Zone – Germany Central (Sovereign), Germany Northeast (Sovereign).