Domain Name Server Function. On the Add hostname blade enter the CNAME record in the hostname text field and click Validate. You just learned that the primary job of a domain name server or DNS server is to resolve translate a domain name into an IP address.
ServerName Property The ServerName property of the SERVERPROPERTY function and SERVERNAME return similar information. The most common types of records stored in the DNS database are for Start of Authority SOA IP addresses A and AAAA SMTP mail exchangers MX name servers NS pointers for reverse DNS lookups PTR and domain name aliases CNAME. Without too much detail a DNS Record is what actually converts a URL into an IP Address.
DNS stands for Domain Name System.
The ServerName property provides the Windows server and instance name that together make up the unique server instance. Web browsers interact through Internet Protocol IP addresses. DNS stands for Domain Name System. Each domain name in DNS will nominate a set of name servers to be authoritative for its DNS records.