What are the different types of DNS zones?

Broadly speaking, there are five types of DNS zones.

• Primary zone.
• Secondary zone.
• Active Directory-integrated zone.
• Stub zone.
• Reverse lookup zone.

How do I setup a DNS zone?

Locate the server where you want to add a zone, and right-click the server. Click Create DNS zone. The Create DNS Zone dialog box opens. In General Properties, select a zone category, a zone type , and enter a name in Zone name.

What are DNS configurations?

A Domain Name Server, or DNS, is where browsers go to get the correct IP address associated with a domain. The DNS configuration settings of your website are what allows visitors to still access your site even after you move the site to a new hosting provider.

How do you manage DNS zones?

In the display pane, right-click the zone that you want to edit, and then click Edit DNS Zone. The Edit DNS Zone dialog box opens with the General page selected. If needed, edit the General zone properties: DNS server, Zone category, and Zone type, and then click Apply or, if your edits are complete, OK.

What type of zones you can create in DNS server?

There are two Primary zone types that can be set up on a DNS Server—Forward Lookup Zones and Reverse Lookup Zones.

Why do we configure DNS?

The DNS protocol is used to resolve FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Names) to IP addresses around the world. This allows us to successfully find and connect to Internet websites and services no matter where they are.

Why do we need to configure DNS server?

If the DNS server isn’t able to find the correct IP address that’s associated with the hostname you enter, the website can’t be located and loaded. A computer or device, including smartphones and tablets, connected to your router can use a different set of DNS servers to resolve internet addresses.

How do DNS zones work?

A DNS zone is an administrative space which allows for more granular control of DNS components, such as authoritative nameservers. The domain name space is a hierarchical tree, with the DNS root domain at the top. In fact, a DNS zone can contain multiple subdomains and multiple zones can exist on the same server.

What are DNS zones and records?

A DNS zone is used to host the DNS records for a particular domain. To start hosting your domain in Azure DNS, you need to create a DNS zone for that domain name. Each DNS record for your domain is then created inside this DNS zone.