# Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance: inventory dns server virtualization instance against recorded identity and DNS state > Use Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. - Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/get-dnsservervirtualizationinstance-inventory-dns-server-virtualization-instance-against-recorded/ - Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security) - Author: DSE Security Editorial Team - Published: 2026-08-27T17:02:43+00:00 - Modified: 2026-08-27T17:26:01+00:00 - Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-08-27 - Resource type: Explainer - DSE priority: Advisory - Topics: Cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 & Identity, Networks & Infrastructure - Reading time: 3 minutes ## What you need to know Use Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance 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-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance ## DSE recommendation Compare the observed state with the cited official source, document applicability and exceptions, and test any approved change with rollback safeguards. ## Article Frame this document as a source-led configuration and assurance check: Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance: inventory dns server virtualization instance against recorded identity and DNS state. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting. ## Source fact: The official [Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsservervirtualizationinstance?view=windowsserver2025-ps) from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements: - At DESCRIPTION, Microsoft states: “The Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance cmdlet gets the virtualization instances on the Domain Name System (DNS) server.” The research record locates this support at DESCRIPTION. - At DESCRIPTION, Microsoft states: “If the Name parameter is provided then the cmdlet returns that virtualization instance.” The research record locates this support at DESCRIPTION. Only the traced statements above are asserted as source facts. Apply the review to Windows DNS servers, AD-integrated zones, policies, forwarders, logging channels, clients, and administrative roles after confirming that the source and deployed context match. ## 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. No current deployment state or change approval follows from the source alone. Validate Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution, and treat examples or options as conditional inputs rather than defaults. ## 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? - Which deployed instance of Windows DNS servers, AD-integrated zones, policies, forwarders, logging channels, clients, and administrative roles will be compared with the source, and why that instance? - How will the review distinguish a source mismatch from a failure in Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution? - Who approves the conclusion, exception, test window, and rollback threshold? ## DSE recommendation: DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Begin by recording scope and current state before deciding whether a change is warranted. 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. For an approved change, define prerequisites, a limited test path, success and stop conditions, monitoring, and rollback. Check Active Directory replication, domain-controller health, service accounts, routing, time, certificates, and upstream resolution in design order. Protect credentials, keys, recovery material, personal data, and sensitive topology in 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-20260827-283 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-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsservervirtualizationinstance?view=windowsserver2025-ps) — Microsoft ## Primary reference - Name: Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance - Authority: Microsoft Learn - URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/get-dnsservervirtualizationinstance?view=windowsserver2025-ps - Source publication date: Not stated by the source ## Citation and use Preferred citation: “Get-DnsServerVirtualizationInstance: inventory dns server virtualization instance against recorded identity and DNS state,” DSE Security, https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/get-dnsservervirtualizationinstance-inventory-dns-server-virtualization-instance-against-recorded/ 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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