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Azure Private DNS

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

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

Access we need

Credentials
Service principal (client ID + secret)
Permissions
Reader on the resource group for the preview; Private DNS Zone Contributor to apply or create zones.
Azure Private DNS API documentation

What Azure Private 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
  • SRV
  • PTR

Good to know

  • Private zones only resolve inside Azure virtual networks linked to the zone, so changes can't be checked with public DNS lookups.
  • Link the zone to your virtual networks after migrating; records auto-registered by VMs are skipped.
  • Only A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, PTR, SRV and TXT records are supported; NS and CAA aren't.