Azure DNS pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft

4.2 out of 5

20 reviews

Azure DNS Pros review quotes

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reviewer1365042

Security architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Jan 5, 2023

One of the key benefits of Azure DNS is its integration with other Azure services. As it is a solution developed by Microsoft, it is easy to integrate with other Azure offerings. Azure DNS also includes Defender for DNS, a feature that protects against anomalies and threats on the DNS. This added security is provided directly by Microsoft. The integration and security features of Azure DNS make it a valuable option for users of the Azure cloud platform.

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reviewer1973730

Director - Cloud Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Nov 8, 2022

The initial setup is straightforward and not that complex.

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Mrigendra Kumar

Senior Specialist - Azure Cloud at HCL Technologies Ltd

Nov 16, 2022

The solution allows you to host DNS service without using Azure's servers.

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System administrator at EOCD

Oct 17, 2023

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is a stable product.

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Cloud Infrastructure Specialist at Infracommerce

Nov 1, 2023

The integration with other services on Azure is valuable.

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reviewer1986297

Senior Cloud Network Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 3, 2022

What I like about Azure DNS is that it doesn't have any issues and integrates quickly with other products. It has good integration, which is incredible. I also like that whenever you deploy private links and endpoints, Azure DNS gives you the option to select the Azure native DNS, private DNS, or go with the Azure custom DNS. It depends, but if you don't have any dependencies on the DNS, then, like many customers, you won't have DNS issues. Azure DNS is a very good solution that helps you with domains and other resources.

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Senior Solution Architect at Tynbryl (IBM)

May 26, 2023

The most valuable features of Azure DNS are the DNS forwarder and the DNS additional record editions.

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Bharath Arakere

Devops consultant at Siemens Healthineers

Aug 9, 2023

The setup is relatively straightforward.

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Systems and Virtualization Engineer at Altelios Technology Group

Oct 26, 2022

The most valuable feature of Azure DNS is it works automatically after configuration. Additionally, the solution is secure.

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Vidyasagar Guntupalli

Infrastructure Architect at a security firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 21, 2023

I like the feature where I can add multiple DNS records for the same subdomain.

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Azure DNS Cons review quotes

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reviewer1365042

Security architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Jan 5, 2023

Azure DNS does provide enhanced support for applications and includes several security features to protect against threats. One of the security features it offers is the ability to detect and prevent dangling DNS records, which can be used in cyber attacks. Dangling DNS records occur when a website owner creates a domain name but forgets to remove the CNAME record, leaving the domain vulnerable to takeover by malicious actors. Azure DNS includes security measures to identify and prevent such threats, helping to keep your DNS infrastructure secure. However, if Microsoft could add more security capabilities to the DNS, that would be great to detect and identify anomalies that are happening to prevent cyber threats.

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Director - Cloud Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Nov 8, 2022

The technical support can be more knowledgeable.

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Mrigendra Kumar

Senior Specialist - Azure Cloud at HCL Technologies Ltd

Nov 16, 2022

The DNSSEC feature is not yet available on the DNS server so it needs to be added.

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System administrator at EOCD

Oct 17, 2023

There are some issues with the solution's performance where improvements are needed.

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Cloud Infrastructure Specialist at Infracommerce

Nov 1, 2023

The product must provide information on which DNS or application is consuming the most budget.

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reviewer1986297

Senior Cloud Network Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 3, 2022

What needs improvement in Azure DNS is visibility in terms of troubleshooting. It's similar to the area for improvement in Azure Network Watcher, where I can see how the source is going out if I'm troubleshooting a source destination. I can also see the destination. As for seeing how the packet travels, that's what should be improved. It's still lacking in visibility. Suppose I'm looking into backend machines, and if I'm hitting another NPM machine or any machine on the other side, there should be visibility. The tool should tell you that a specific machine is passing through a VPN gateway or route table, routing to a third-party firewall, and then dropping. Azure DNS should show an accurate answer to help the customers, which is its area for improvement.

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Senior Solution Architect at Tynbryl (IBM)

May 26, 2023

Azure DNS sticks mostly with the Azure native solution and doesn't scale well in a multi-cloud or hybrid environment.

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Bharath Arakere

Devops consultant at Siemens Healthineers

Aug 9, 2023

I would like to see more integration with other platforms, improved stability, enhanced security, and better pricing because there is always room for improvement.

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Systems and Virtualization Engineer at Altelios Technology Group

Oct 26, 2022

Azure DNS could improve by having more updates.

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Vidyasagar Guntupalli

Infrastructure Architect at a security firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 21, 2023

Domain registration is one of the problems. We need to go to application services or web apps to purchase the domain instead. If that were to be equivalent to AWS's Route 53 that would be good. But, it is not as flexible as that.

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