Allow NetBT queries for fully qualified domain names

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

Specifies that NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) queries are issued for fully qualified domain names. If you enable this policy setting, NetBT queries will be issued for multi-label and fully qualified domain names such as "www.example.com" in addition to single-label names. If you disable this policy setting, or if you do not configure this policy setting, NetBT queries will only be issued for single-label names such as "example" and not for multi-label and fully qualified domain names.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Allow DNS suffix appending to unqualified multi-label name queries

  At least Windows Vista
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  Configure Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR) protocol

  At least Windows 11 Version 23H2
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  Configure encrypted name resolution

  At least Windows Server 20H2, Windows 10 Version 20H2
• Computer
  Configure multicast DNS (mDNS) protocol

  At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1703
• Computer
  Configure NetBIOS settings

  At least Windows Vista
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  Connection-specific DNS suffix

  Windows XP Professional only
• Computer
  DNS servers

  Windows XP Professional only
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  DNS suffix search list

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• Computer
  Dynamic update

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• Computer
  IDN mapping

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Prefer link local responses over DNS when received over a network with higher precedence

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Primary DNS suffix

  At least Windows 2000