Policy

Connection-specific DNS suffix

Microsoft Windows

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Connection-specific DNS suffix
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > DNS Client
Supported on
Windows XP Professional only

Supported OS tags: WindowsXP

Specifies a connection-specific DNS suffix. This policy setting supersedes local connection-specific DNS suffixes, and those configured using DHCP. To use this policy setting, click Enabled, and then enter a string value representing the DNS suffix. If you enable this policy setting, the DNS suffix that you enter will be applied to all network connections used by the DNS client. If you disable this policy setting, or if you do not configure this policy setting, the DNS client will use the local or DHCP supplied connection specific DNS suffix, if configured.

Internal name
DNS_Domain
Policy ID
ac1ba4546b16
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
DNS suffix:
ID DNS_DomainLabel
text
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient
Value name
AdapterDomainName
Type
REG_SZ
None
DNS suffix:
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient
Value name
AdapterDomainName
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone