DNS Server on Windows Server 2025

Deploy a fully configured DNS Server built on Microsoft Windows Server 2025. This ready-to-use solution helps enterprises deliver reliable DNS name resolution for internal and hybrid environments, saving time and ensuring best practices.

Windows Server 2025 introduces an advanced DNS server solution tailored for modern IT environments. Whether you manage a small business or a large enterprise, the DNS Server role in Windows Server 2025 delivers robust performance, tight integration with Active Directory, and enhanced security features to keep your network running smoothly. Its a professional, scalable DNS platform designed to meet the needs of IT Managers and Administrators in hybrid cloud and on-premises deployments.

DNS Server Features:

• Manage A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, PTR, and other DNS record types
• Support for forward and reverse DNS zones
• Secure, lightweight, and optimized for Azure virtual machines
• Supports Active Directory-integrated zones
• DNS Dynamic updates
• Create forwarders and transfers
• Create a cluster of DNS Servers
• Split DNS
• DNS Policies (ie. Query Resolution, Recursion, Zone Transfer, Traffic Management)
• IPv6 Root Hints
• DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions)
• Response Rate Limiting (RRL)
• DNS – Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)
• Unknown Record Support
• Extended Windows PowerShell Support
• Logging & error logging capabilities

Hybrid Cloud Support: Flexible DNS deployment across on-prem and cloud. Windows Server 2025 DNS is designed to integrate with hybrid cloud architectures, easily connecting your on-premises DNS with cloud-based networks. You can, for instance, forward queries or synchronize zones with Azure DNS services, improving name resolution for workloads distributed between your datacenter and the cloud.

DNS in Azure Use cases:

• Hosting authoritative DNS for public domains
• Internal DNS for corporate networks or lab environments
• Reverse DNS (PTR) record management
• Secure, isolated DNS services for private cloud deployments
• Simplified Management & Integration: Leverage Active Directory–integrated DNS zones for automatic multi-master replication of DNS data, eliminating the need for manual zone transfers and single points of failure. Secure dynamic updates are supported natively, and granular role-based access control ensures administrators can delegate DNS tasks safely without giving full control.

DNS Server Setup / Support

Step by step guide can be found on our website - DNS Server on Azure