Policy

Configure Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR) protocol

Windows 11 25H2

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ClassComputer
CategoryNetwork > DNS Client
Supported onAt least Windows 11 Version 23H2

Supported OS tags: Windows11

Specifies if the DNS client would use the DDR protocol. The Discovery of Designated Resolvers (DDR) protocol allows Windows to move from unencrypted DNS to encrypted DNS when only the IP address of a resolver is known. If you enable this policy, the DNS client will use the DDR protocol. If you disable this policy setting, or if you do not configure this policy setting, the DNS client will use locally configured settings.

Internal name
DNS_Ddr
Policy ID
ad7076785940
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient\EnableDdrREG_DWORD
1
0

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