Connectivity

PowerShell: Perform a DNS Lookup

Filip Konopík

27 Jul 2026 • 1 min read

Need to resolve a domain name to its IP address(es) - for troubleshooting connectivity, verifying DNS configuration, or checking what a domain points to? This one-liner performs the lookup directly from the terminal.

Prerequisites:

Privileges: None
Module: Built-in, no import needed

Quick Command:

Resolve-DnsName -Name "google.com"

Example Output:

Name                                           Type   TTL   Section    IPAddress
----                                           ----   ---   -------    ---------
google.com                                     AAAA   300   Answer     2a00:1450:4014:80c::200e
google.com                                     A      300   Answer     172.217.19.14

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How It Works:

Resolve-DnsName performs an active DNS query, sending a request to your configured DNS server (unlike Get-DnsClient/Get-DnsClientServerAddress, which only show local DNS configuration, not actual lookups).
Type shows the DNS record type returned - A is a standard IPv4 address, AAAA is IPv6.
TTL (Time To Live) shows how many seconds this result can be cached before it should be looked up again.
IPAddress is the actual resolved address the domain name points to.

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