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Understand Azure DNS

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Understand Azure DNS

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When you attempt to visit a website on the Internet, you do so using a domain name. For example, the domain name for Microsoft's website is microsoft.com. Although everything happens in a fraction of milliseconds, there is quite a lot of action that takes place behind the scenes. Networking works on IP addresses, but it is very hard for us as humans to remember the IP addresses of websites. It is much easier for us to remember domain names. So when you visit a website, the domain name you type in the browser goes to a domain name service server, which then translates that domain name to the IP address of the website and communicates it back to your computer. Using this information, your computer reaches out to the Microsoft's web server requesting a copy of their website. Your browser finally renders it on the screen. This is a very high level overview of the process. To reiterate, a domain name system or also interchangeably called a domain name service, resolves hostnames or domain…

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