DNS

PowerShell offers cmdlets for managing DNS client settings, DNS name query resolution, and for securing DNS clients.

DNS client management cmdlets are part of the DNSClient PowerShell module and have the text “DnsClient” in the noun part of the name.

Cmdlet	Description
Get-DnsClient	Gets details about a network interface
Set-DnsClient	Sets DNS client configuration settings for a network interface
Get-DnsClientServerAddress	Gets the DNS server address settings for a network interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress	Sets the DNS server address for a network interface

Set-DnsClient requires an interface that an alias or index references.

The following command sets the connection-specific suffix for an interface:

Set-DnsClient -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ConnectionSpecificSuffix "adatum.com"

The DNSClient PowerShell module offers cmdlets for managing DNS client settings, DNS name query resolution, and for securing DNS clients. They have the text “DnsClient” in the noun part of the name.