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Public preview: Public IP Domain Name Label Scope
Announcing the public preview for a new capability in Azure public IP address that can prevent DNS subdomain takeover while still allowing for re-use of DNS names.
October 2022
General availability: Azure DNS Private Resolver – hybrid name resolution and conditional forwarding
Seamlessly perform conditional forwarding from on-prem to Azure Private DNS Zones and from Azure Virtual Networks to any target DNS server.
May 2022
Public preview: Azure DNS Private Resolver – Hybrid name resolution and conditional forwarding
Seamlessly perform conditional forwarding from on-prem to Azure Private DNS Zones and from Azure Virtual Networks to any target DNS server.
April 2020
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup
Azure Virtual Network now supports reverse DNS lookup (PTR DNS queries) for virtual machine IP addresses by default.
March 2020
Azure DNS private zones preview API is being deprecated
During public preview release, private DNS zones were created using dnszones ARM resource with zoneType property set to Private. The GA resource model makes use of privateDnsZones resource type instead of dnszones. Support for zones created using the preview API will be completely removed on June 30, 2020 and you must immediately migrate these private DNS zones to the latest resource model.
February 2020
Azure DNS private zones is now available in Azure Government and Azure China
Azure DNS private zones is now generally available in Azure Government and Azure China regions. With the general availability, you can now use private DNS zones for DNS resolution across one or more…
October 2019
Azure DNS private zones is now generally available
Announcing general availability of Azure DNS private zones. This is a production ready release containing several bug fixes and removes restrictions that public preview had.
June 2019
Announcing Preview Refresh for Azure DNS Private Zones
We are delighted to announce Refresh release for Azure DNS private zones (preview). The Preview Refresh introduces new functionality and lifts several restrictions that public preview had.
April 2019
General availability: Azure DNS in China regions
Azure DNS is now generally available in Azure China regions.
January 2019
Azure DNS: Getting ready for DNS Flag Day
Domains hosted on any Microsoft DNS service, including Azure DNS and Traffic Manager, will continue to work after DNS Flag Day. Customers don't need to take any action at this time.
September 2018
What's new in Azure DNS: Alias records
Azure DNS now supports alias records for DNS zones.
Azure DNS Alias Records Generally Available
Azure DNS has a new feature available now: alias records This feature lets you map your DNS records to an Azure Traffic Manager profile or a public IP resource such that your DNS zone tracks changes to the IPs associated with those resources.
June 2018
Azure DNS SLA: Updated to 100%
Azure DNS is being offered at 100% availability SLA, guaranteeing that valid DNS requests will receive a response from at least one Azure DNS name server 100% of the time.
April 2018
What's new in Azure DNS - Metrics and alerting
Learn what's new in Azure DNS metrics and alerts.
March 2018
Public preview: Azure DNS Private Zones
Azure DNS Private Zones is in public preview. This feature enables customers to host DNS zones within their virtual networks, and it enables name resolution within and across virtual networks.
January 2018
General availability: Azure DNS in Microsoft Azure Government
Azure DNS is now generally available in Azure Government.
August 2017
General availability: Azure DNS in Microsoft Azure Germany
Azure DNS is now generally available in Microsoft Azure Germany.
September 2016
General availability: Azure DNS
Azure DNS is generally available. The service is offered with a 99.99% availability SLA and is covered by Azure Support. General availability pricing will take effect from November 1, 2016.
March 2016
Azure DNS—supported in the Azure portal
Azure DNS is fully supported in the Azure portal.
May 2015
Public preview: Azure DNS
Azure Domain Name System (DNS) allows you to host your domains with your Azure apps. By hosting your domains in Azure, you can manage your DNS records by using your existing Azure subscription.
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