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Expert guidance for Azure DNS: decision making, architecture, limits, security, configuration, and coding patterns. Covers DNS zones/records, DNSSEC, Private DNS/resolvers, reverse DNS, and migrations.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure DNS. Covers decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure DNS. Covers decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Decision Making | L34-L38 | Guidance for planning and executing migration of legacy Azure Private DNS zones to the new DNS zone model, including compatibility, steps, and considerations. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L39-L44 | Designing resilient private DNS architectures in Azure, including when to use centralized vs distributed DNS Private Resolvers and how to shard Private DNS zones for high availability. |
| Limits & Quotas | L45-L51 | DNS record, zone, and query limits for Azure DNS and Private DNS, including quotas, scaling behaviors, usage constraints, and how many zones/records you can create and manage. |
| Security | L52-L62 | Protecting DNS zones/records from deletion, configuring DNS security policies and logging, using DNSSEC for public zones, and securing Azure DNS with RBAC, alerts, and built-in protections. |
| Configuration | L63-L75 | Configuring Azure DNS behavior: reverse DNS, private DNS zones and resolvers, zone file import/export, monitoring/metrics/logs, and query/ResolutionPolicy settings for name resolution. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L76-L85 | Using Azure CLI, PowerShell, or portal to create/manage DNS zones and records, and to delegate subdomains or import/export DNS zone files for automation and integration. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Migrate legacy Azure Private DNS zones to new model | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/private-dns-migration-guide |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose centralized vs distributed Azure DNS Private Resolver | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/private-resolver-architecture |
| Shard Azure Private DNS zones for resiliency | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/sharding-private-dns-zones |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Azure DNS FAQs on limits and behaviors | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-faq |
| Azure Private DNS FAQs on limits and usage | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-faq-private |
| Understand Azure Private DNS zones and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/private-dns-privatednszone |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Protect Azure Private DNS zones and records | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-protect-private-zones-recordsets |
| Protect Azure DNS zones and records from deletion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-protect-zones-recordsets |
| Configure DNS security policy and traffic logging | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-traffic-log-how-to |
| Use DNSSEC zone signing with Azure Public DNS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dnssec |
| Enable DNSSEC signing for Azure Public DNS zones | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dnssec-how-to |
| Remove DNSSEC signing from Azure Public DNS zones | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dnssec-unsign |
| Secure Azure DNS with roles, alerts, and protections | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/secure-dns |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Delegate DNS subdomains using Azure PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/delegate-subdomain-ps |
| Import and export DNS zone files using Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-import-export |
| Import and export DNS zone files via Azure portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-import-export-portal |
| Manage Azure DNS zones using PowerShell commands | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-operations-dnszones |
| Manage Azure DNS zones with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-operations-dnszones-cli |
| Manage Azure DNS records with PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-operations-recordsets |
| Manage Azure DNS records using Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dns/dns-operations-recordsets-cli |
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