Website Hosting & Ecommerce
Domain and DNS Management
Domain registration, DNS hygiene, and change control tied to your IT governance.
Serving Houston, TX and surrounding areas including Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, and Galveston.
Quick facts
- Who we serve: Businesses with multiple domains, Teams needing verified senders, Brands consolidating DNS
- Problems solved: DNS sprawl and outages, No change approvals, Missing DNS records for services
- Tools and platforms: DNS management, Registrar security, Monitoring, DMARC tooling
- Next step: Clean up DNS
Who it is for
- Businesses with multiple domains
- Teams needing verified senders
- Brands consolidating DNS
Problems we solve
- DNS sprawl and outages
- No change approvals
- Missing DNS records for services
Solutions and deliverables
- Domain portfolio review and registrar hardening
- DNS change management with documentation
- Records for email auth, apps, and failover
Tools and platforms
- DNS management
- Registrar security
- Monitoring
- DMARC tooling
Service area and availability
- Serving Houston, TX and surrounding areas including Sugar Land, Katy, The Woodlands, and Galveston.
- Onsite in Houston with remote coverage elsewhere
- Business hours: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm CT with after-hours for incidents
Trust and proof
- Documented runbooks and SLAs
- Security-first configurations
- Internal links to related services and contact
What's included
Comprehensive coverage of our domain and dns management service for Houston businesses.
Domain portfolio management and security
- Complete domain inventory audit identifying all registered domains owned by Houston organization
- Registrar consolidation moving scattered domains to secure, managed registrar with 2FA and alerts
- Domain lock and transfer protection preventing unauthorized transfers and domain hijacking
- Expiration monitoring with automated renewal ensuring domains never lapse and cause outages
- WHOIS privacy protection shielding contact information from spammers and competitors
- Quarterly domain portfolio reviews identifying unused domains for retirement or protection
DNS infrastructure and architecture
- Primary and secondary DNS providers configured for redundancy and failover resilience
- Anycast DNS networks distributing queries across global points-of-presence for fast resolution
- DNSSEC implementation adding cryptographic signatures preventing cache poisoning attacks
- TTL optimization balancing fast propagation with DNS query load and cost considerations
- Split-horizon DNS configuring different responses for internal vs external queries
- DNS hosting on enterprise platforms like Azure DNS, Route 53, or Cloudflare for Houston businesses
DNS record configuration and maintenance
- A and AAAA records pointing domains to web servers and applications with IPv4 and IPv6 support
- MX records routing email to Exchange Online, Google Workspace, or mail security gateways
- SPF, DKIM, and DMARC TXT records authenticating email and preventing domain spoofing
- CNAME records for subdomains, CDN routing, and third-party service integrations
- SRV records for VoIP, instant messaging, and federated service discovery
- CAA records restricting which certificate authorities can issue SSL certificates for your domains
DNS change control and documentation
- Change management process requiring approval, documentation, and rollback plans for DNS changes
- Version control tracking all DNS record changes with timestamps, approvers, and justifications
- Pre-change validation testing DNS modifications in staging or with short TTLs before production
- Emergency change procedures for urgent fixes balancing speed with proper documentation
- Post-change verification confirming DNS propagation and validating correct resolution worldwide
- Audit trail maintenance for compliance showing who changed what and when for Houston regulators
DNS monitoring and troubleshooting
- 24/7 DNS monitoring alerting on resolution failures, slow queries, and propagation issues
- Global DNS health checks validating correct responses from multiple geographic locations
- Query analytics showing traffic patterns, popular records, and potential DDoS attempts
- Troubleshooting tools like dig, nslookup, and DNS propagation checkers for rapid diagnosis
- Performance monitoring tracking query response times and optimizing record structure
- Integration with managed IT services coordinating DNS with email, web hosting, and network changes
FAQs
Common questions from Houston clients and AI/voice search.
Why is DNS management important for Houston businesses?
DNS controls how users find your website, how email is delivered, and how services connect. Proper DNS management prevents outages, email issues, and security vulnerabilities.
Do you consolidate domains from multiple registrars?
Yes. We audit your domain portfolio, transfer domains to a secure managed registrar, enable lock and 2FA, and implement expiration monitoring to prevent lapses.
Can you configure DNS for email authentication?
Yes. We configure SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records for email authentication, MX records for mail routing, and CAA records for SSL certificate control.
Do you provide DNS monitoring and change control?
Yes. We monitor DNS health 24/7, implement change management with approval workflows, maintain version control, and document all changes for audit compliance.
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