Azure Managed Instances are provisioned by default with a yourname.uniqueid.databases.windows.net DNS fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Even on your private virtual network you will still have to use this FQDN.
If you want your Azure Managed Instance to connect with your DNS prefix like yourname.domain.com this blog post is for you.
Azure Managed Instance Virtual Network
Your first step is to make sure you are either using Azure DNS service or providing one on your own.
In my example we have hybrid setup with Active Directory and DNS Servers in both our virtual network and also on-premises so we will be utilizing an VM in the virtual network to provide DNS.
DNS CNAME Alias Configuration
To allow private users to connect utilizing your DNS Zone you need to create a CName alias in DNS. The alias needs to have the same name as your managed instance. In this example, I created a Azure Managed Instance named “procuresql01mi”. Its FQDN is procuresql01mi.b6d698c00851.database.windows.net. The Domain name of my lab is PASS2020.com. I will configure a CName alias so all requests to procuresql01mi.pass2020.com internally will be routed to procuresql01mi.b6d698c00851.database.windows.net.
Azure Managed Instance DNS Zone Change Wrap Up
Now all you have to do is connect with the new DNS name used with the alias and you are good to go! If you use Azure AD to connect make sure enable “Trust Server Certificate” on your connection.
Here you can see both connections via SSMS.
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