This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Resolve-DnsName', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Performs a DNS name query resolution for the specified name.
Resolve-DnsName [-Name] <String> [[-Type] <RecordType>] [-CacheOnly] [-DnsOnly] [-DnssecCd] [-DnssecOk] [-LlmnrFallback] [-LlmnrNetbiosOnly]
[-LlmnrOnly] [-NetbiosFallback] [-NoHostsFile] [-NoIdn] [-NoRecursion] [-QuickTimeout] [-Server <String[]>] [-TcpOnly] [<CommonParameters>]
The Resolve-DnsName cmdlet performs a DNS query for the specified name. This cmdlet is functionally similar to the nslookup tool which allows
users to query for names.
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\>Resolve-DnsName –Name www.bing.com
This example resolves a name using the default options.
EXAMPLE 2
PS C:\>Resolve-DnsName -Name www.bing.com -Server 10.0.0.1
This example resolves a name against the DNS server at 10.0.0.1.
EXAMPLE 3
PS C:\>Resolve-DnsName -Name www.bing.com -Type A
This example queries for A type records for name www.bing.com.
EXAMPLE 4
PS C:\>Resolve-DnsName -Name www.bing.com -DnsOnly
This example resolves a name using only DNS. LLMNR and NetBIOS queries are not issued.