Resolving DNS in Azure Virtual Machine

How to Ensure Azure Virtual Machine Can Resolve Host1.Contoso.Com

You have an Azure virtual machine named VM1 that connects to a virtual network named VNET1. You create a private DNS zone named contoso.com and add an A record named host1 to the zone. You need to ensure that VM1 can resolve host1.contoso.com. What should you do?

Final answer: To ensure that VM1 can resolve host1.contoso.com, you need to configure the DNS settings for VM1 to use the private DNS zone as its DNS server.

Explanation: To ensure that VM1 can resolve host1.contoso.com, you need to configure the DNS settings for VM1 to use the private DNS zone as its DNS server. Here are the steps to do so:

1. Open the Azure portal and navigate to the VM1 resource.
2. Go to the 'Networking' section of the VM1 resource.
3. Under 'DNS servers', select 'Custom'.
4. In the 'Custom DNS servers' field, enter the IP address of the private DNS zone in the format 'IP address of the private DNS zone'.
5. Save the changes.

By configuring VM1 to use the private DNS zone as its DNS server, it will be able to resolve host1.contoso.com.