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Azure DNS

Migrate DNS zones to or from Azure DNS: what's supported, what access you need, and what changes for each destination.

See how a domain's records would land at Azure DNS. Free and read-only.

Access we need

Credentials
Service principal (client ID + secret)
Permissions
Reader on the DNS zone for the preview, DNS Zone Contributor to apply.

What Azure DNS supports

The same data the translation engine uses when it plans a migration.

Create zones through the API
List zones through the API
Turn on DNSSEC through the API
Apex CNAME (flattening)
Apex ALIAS record
Aliases to cloud resources
CDN proxy on records
Routing policies
Minimum TTL
auto

Record types

  • A
  • AAAA
  • CNAME
  • MX
  • TXT
  • NS
  • SRV
  • CAA
  • PTR

Good to know

  • Azure alias records point at Azure resource IDs, which don't exist outside Azure.
  • Apex CNAMEs are not allowed. Use an alias record to an Azure resource or A/AAAA records.