Workshop: Audit and Fix Your Azure DNS Before Private Endpoints Break Everything

What We Are Building By the end of this workshop, you will have: A complete DNS audit of your Azure environment Private DNS Zones wired correctly to your VNet At least one Private Endpoint deployed with verified resolution A reusable Terraform module for every future Private Endpoint you create Let me show you a pattern I use in every project that touches Azure PaaS services — because after March 31, 2026, you will not have a choice. Microsoft is retiring default outbound internet access for VMs and services. The most common fix — Private Endpoints — silently breaks DNS for teams who have never thought about their resolution chain. We are going to fix that today. This is not theory. This is a step-by-step workshop you can follow along with right now in your own Azure subscription. Prerequisites Before we start, make sure you have: An Azure subscription with at least one VNet and one PaaS service (Azure SQL, Storage, Key Vault — anything works) Azure CLI installed and authenticated ( az