Policy

Specify global DNS

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategoryNetwork > Network Connectivity Status Indicator
Supported onAt 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.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Use global DNS
ID NCSI_UseGlobalDns_Checkbox
boolean
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator\UseGlobalDns
Type REG_DWORD
Options: true (1), false (0)
True: Set value = 1 · False: Set value = 0

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