Policy

Specify global DNS

Microsoft Windows

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Specify global DNS
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network > Network Connectivity Status Indicator
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1709

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting enables you to specify DNS binding behavior. NCSI by default will restrict DNS lookups to the interface it is currently probing on. If you enable this setting, NCSI will allow the DNS lookups to happen on any interface.

Internal name
NCSI_GlobalDns
Policy ID
ba6d4b705ed3
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
Use global DNS
ID NCSI_UseGlobalDns_Checkbox
boolean
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator
Value name
UseGlobalDns
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0
Use global DNS
Computer · Type boolean
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator
Value name
UseGlobalDns
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0