Changing a DNS record's information

To change a DNS record's information:

  1. On the organization site administrator Home page, in the Microsoft DNS area, click list zones. The list of zones is displayed.

  2. On the zones list, select the zone whose DNS records you want to change, then click list records. The list of records is displayed.

  3. On the records list, select the record whose information you want to change, then click edit.

  4. On the edit form, change any of the following fields depending on the type of record you want to change.

Host (A) Record:

Alias (CNAME) Record:

Mail Exchanger (MX) record:

Name Server (NS) record:

  1. Click save.

  2. Note: If you modify the information of any DNS record in a DNS zone, then the serial number of the SOA record for that zone is automatically incremented by one. In some cases, it may get incremented by two.