Azure Domain Registrar Limitations with Cloudflare DNS Integration
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Summary
The article discusses technical limitations when using Azure as a domain registrar with Cloudflare's DNS services. Specifically, it notes that Azure users cannot change their NS records to point to Cloudflare's DNS servers unless they pay for Cloudflare's Enterprise plan. This limitation also prevents domain transfers to Cloudflare, as their transfer process requires setting NS records to their servers. The author shares a personal experience from about 6 months ago where this restriction was encountered.
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Be aware that if you're using Azure as your registrar, it's (probably still) impossible to change your NS records to point to CloudFlare's DNS server
This also makes it impossible to transfer your domain to them either, as CloudFlare's domain transfer flow requires you set your NS records to
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