Does Windows 10 support mdns.

Bharathi Prasad 31 Reputation points
2021-02-10T07:50:18.923+00:00

I am not looking for Bonjour solution. I want to use native Win32 API for registering and browsing services with mdns. However, I do not see any useful documentation on DnsAPI in Windows. Can you please confirm if Windows supports mdns functionality and if so can you please provide links to useful documentation that can help me get started. I

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  1. Candy Luo 12,656 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-02-11T07:49:03.1+00:00

    Hi ,

    As far as I know, this is a known issue in windows 10 TH2 and TH1 version. And this issue was fixed in Windows 10 TH2 (1511) and above.

    For newest windows 10, it will not have such problem.

    Best Regards,

    Candy

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  1. Bharathi Prasad 31 Reputation points
    2021-02-11T07:13:01.91+00:00

    In the link it is mentioned that without Third party service mDNS in Windows does not respond. Is this correct or has there been any update.

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  2. Candy Luo 12,656 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-02-11T02:59:29.68+00:00

    Hi ,

    The similar thread has been discussed before, you might have a look:

    Standard mDNS service on Windows

    Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

    Please pay attention to what Jens Habegger said:

    Starting with Windows 10, Microsoft made strides towards a native Windows implementation of mDNS and DNS-SD.
    While earlier iterations have been limited to UWP apps, a general Win32 API has been exposed from at least SDK version 10.0.18362.0 (1903/19H1, May 2019).
    Note: This implementation is currently confirmed working only for 64bit build targets, there is an open issue preventing compilation for 32bit targets.

    Best Regards,

    Candy

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