# Get-DnsServerStatistics: inventory dns server statistics under AD/DNS change control > Use Get-DnsServerStatistics to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. - Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/get-dnsserverstatistics-inventory-dns-server-statistics-under-ad-dns-change-control/ - Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security) - Author: DSE Security Editorial Team - Published: 2026-08-27T17:03:55+00:00 - Modified: 2026-08-27T17:22:19+00:00 - Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-08-27 - Resource type: Briefing - DSE priority: Advisory - Topics: Cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 & Identity, Networks & Infrastructure - Reading time: 3 minutes ## What you need to know Use Get-DnsServerStatistics to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. ## Potentially affected Teams, systems, services, or facilities within the stated scope of Get-DnsServerStatistics ## DSE recommendation Compare the observed state with the cited official source, document applicability and exceptions, and test any approved change with rollback safeguards. ## Article Use this document to resolve one bounded operational decision: Get-DnsServerStatistics: inventory dns server statistics under AD/DNS change control. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting. ## Source fact: The official [Get-DnsServerStatistics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsserverstatistics?view=windowsserver2025-ps) from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements: - At DESCRIPTION, Microsoft states: “The Get-DnsServerStatistics cmdlet retrieves statistics of a Domain Name System (DNS) server.” The research record locates this support at DESCRIPTION. - At DESCRIPTION, Microsoft states: “If the ZoneName parameter is specified, this cmdlet gets statistics for the zones specified by that parameter.” The research record locates this support at DESCRIPTION. Keep the evidence boundary at these traced claims. They support a review of Windows DNS servers, AD-integrated zones, policies, forwarders, logging channels, clients, and administrative roles; they do not support conclusions outside the source’s stated conditions. ## What the source does not establish The cited page and retained statements do not establish the current state of any DSE or customer environment, prove that the documented configuration is applicable, or authorize a production change. Confirm supported versions, dependencies, and the current live source before use. Do not read the source as proof of implementation or permission to change production. Its guidance remains conditional on Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution and the environment’s recorded constraints. ## Applicability questions - For source statement 1 at DESCRIPTION, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - For source statement 2 at DESCRIPTION, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - What inventory proves which parts of Windows DNS servers, AD-integrated zones, policies, forwarders, logging channels, clients, and administrative roles are in and out of scope? - Which condition in Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution must be healthy before evidence is trustworthy? - What result would disprove the working assumption and return the issue to the owner? ## DSE recommendation: DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Anchor the review in the cited section and keep observation separate from interpretation. Record the source location, examined part of Windows DNS servers, AD-integrated zones, policies, forwarders, logging channels, clients, and administrative roles, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation. An implementation decision needs an owner, approved window, prechecks, observable outcome, stop authority, and rollback path. Validate Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution before and after the test, and store only sanitized operational evidence. ## Verification and evidence A reviewer should be able to retrace the decision from DESCRIPTION; DESCRIPTION through PowerShell exports, zone and policy inventories, sanitized query tests, event-channel data, replication state, and rollback commands. Record what was collected, where, when, by whom, and which system or role it represents. Label this evidence set DSE-20260827-211 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review. Retain the starting state, authorization, execution record, outcome, deviation, and final state as one review package. Move disruptive checks to an approved test path. Reopen the decision when versions, design, dependencies, ownership, or official guidance changes. ## Official references - [Get-DnsServerStatistics](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsserverstatistics?view=windowsserver2025-ps) — Microsoft ## Primary reference - Name: Get-DnsServerStatistics - Authority: Microsoft Learn - URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsserverstatistics?view=windowsserver2025-ps - Source publication date: Not stated by the source ## Citation and use Preferred citation: “Get-DnsServerStatistics: inventory dns server statistics under AD/DNS change control,” DSE Security, https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/get-dnsserverstatistics-inventory-dns-server-statistics-under-ad-dns-change-control/ Publishing principles: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/dse-updates-editorial-methodology/ Usage and citation policy: https://update.dsesecurity.com/usage/ Copyright © 2026 Detection Systems & Engineering. 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