Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

The Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client component contains settings for configuring the Domain Name System (DNS), a system for naming computers and network services that organizes them into a hierarchy of domains. DNS naming is used on TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet, to locate computers and services by using user-friendly names.

The DNS Client service is used to resolve DNS domain names, by querying locally cached information obtained from a previous query or by querying a remote DNS server.

Some settings are global, and others are interface-specific. Global settings apply to all network adapters on the computer. Interface-specific settings apply only to a single interface and may overlap with global settings.

In This Section

DNSDomain

Specifies the primary DNS suffix of the network connection across all adapters. If DNSDomain is specified in two places as a global parameter (x) and as an interface-specific parameter (y), the two values are concatenated appropriately for each interface (as x, y) and used.

DNSSuffixSearchOrder

Specifies the suffix search order for DNS servers. This is a global setting.

Interfaces

Specifies an interface collection.

UseDomainNameDevolution

Specifies whether to use domain-name devolution when the DNS-caching resolver resolves an unqualified query.

Applies To

This component is available in the following Windows® editions and architectures.

Windows Edition Windows for x86-based computers Windows for x64-based computers Windows for Itanium-based computers

Windows 8.1

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows 8.1 Pro

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Server 2012 R2

Not available

amd64

Not available

Windows® 8

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows® 8 Enterprise

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows® 8 Pro

x86

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2012 Datacenter

Not available

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2012 Essentials

Not available

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2012 Foundation

Not available

amd64

Not available

Windows Server® 2012 Standard

Not available

amd64

Not available

Windows® 7 Enterprise

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows® 7 Home Basic

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows® 7 Home Premium

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows® 7 Professional

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows® 7 Starter

x86

Not available

Not available

Windows® 7 Ultimate

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Vista® Business

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Vista® Home Basic

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Vista® Home Premium

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Vista® Starter

x86

Not available

Not available

Windows Vista® Ultimate

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise

Not available

amd64, wow64

ia64, wow64

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Foundation

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows® Web Server 2008 R2

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows® Web Server 2008 R2

Not available

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise

x86

amd64, wow64

ia64, wow64

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Windows Server® 2008 Standard

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

Server Core installation option of Windows Server® 2008 Standard

x86

amd64, wow64

Not available

See Also

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