What is Microsoft Azure DNS Zone?

Microsoft Azure DNS Zone is a service provided by Azure that allows you to host your DNS domains in the Microsoft cloud. Azure DNS provides a reliable and high-performance DNS service without the need to manage your own DNS servers. Azure DNS supports features such as DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) to help protect your DNS zones from attacks.

Why Monitor Microsoft Azure DNS Zone?

Azure DNS benefits from the global infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, ensuring high availability and reliability for DNS queries. The service can easily scale to handle high volumes of DNS queries, making it suitable for businesses of all sizes. Azure DNS includes support for DNSSEC, helping protect against attacks like DNS spoofing and ensuring the integrity of DNS records.

DNS is critical for accessing web services. Monitoring ensures that your DNS zones are operational and that queries are resolved quickly, preventing downtime. By tracking response times and latency, administrators can identify performance issues that could impact user experience and take corrective actions. Analyzing traffic patterns and query volumes can provide insights for capacity planning, helping the administrator prepare for growth and manage resources effectively.

Unauthorized changes to DNS records may go undetected, increasing vulnerability to cyberattacks like DNS spoofing or phishing. Absence of monitoring prevents organizations from gathering data on traffic patterns and usage trends, which can inform strategic planning and resource allocation. For this purpose, eG Enterprise offers a specialized Microsoft Azure DNS Zones monitoring model.