Changing a DNS record's information

To change a DNS record's information:

1. On the 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:

- name. The host name.

- IP address. The IP address that maps to the host name. This is used for host name-to-IP address mapping.

- u pdate pointer record. Enabling Update Reverse creates a reverse or an IP address-to-host name mapping that allows resolution of an IP address to its corresponding host name.

- Note: The update pointer record option is available only if the site administrator has the permission to edit it.

Alias (CNAME) Record:

- alias name. The alternative name for a host name in a zone.

- fully qualified name for target host. The alias host name. This indicates to the DNS server that any requests made to the alias name are to be redirected to the host to which the alias points. The target host does not have to be within the local domain.

- Important: Create a Host (A) record before you create the alias. Do not create an Alias (CNAME) record for an NS record or an MX record.

Mail Exchanger (MX) record:

- mail domain. The name of the domain for which the record is being created.

- mail server. The mail server name that maps to the specified domain name.

- mail server priority. A number to designate mail priority among mail servers. The lower the number in the mail server priority field, the higher the priority. If there are two mail servers with the same priority, one of them is randomly chosen.

Name Server (NS) record:

- name server zone. The name of the sub-domain for which the record is being created.

- fully qualified name of name server. The host name of the DNS server that is authoritative for this sub-domain.

5. Click save.