Announcing general availability of Azure DNS private zones. This release contains several bug fixes and removes restrictions that public preview had. Azure DNS private zones is now production ready and backed by Azure DNS SLA

Azure DNS private zones provide reliable, secure DNS service to host, resolve and manage domain names from a virtual network without the need to add a custom DNS solution. Azure DNS private zones enables you to effortlessly tailor your DNS namespace design to best suit your organization's needs without having to worry about scalability, security and performance issues that arise from operating a custom DNS solution. Unlike public DNS zone, private DNS zones are not accessible over internet. DNS queries made against a private DNS zones can be resolved only from the virtual networks linked to the zone.

Key benefits of using Azure DNS private zones include very low usage costs and no maintenance overheads. Azure DNS private zones can be easily integrated with DevOps workflows using familiar Azure Templates/SDKs/API/CLI and PowerShell.

For further details check our documentation page.