Understand and validate the Sophos DNS Protection dashboard
Learn how to interpret setup status, DNS usage, blocks, and top domains and turn them into sound operational decisions.
Sophos DNS Protection
Practical guides for planning, deploying, and operating Sophos DNS Protection securely across networks and endpoints.
Sophos DNS Protection topics
The guides cover initial planning, policies, device deployment, reporting, and troubleshooting.
Getting started and setup 1
Understand the dashboard, plan DNS paths, configure locations and policies, and validate operation safely.
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Explore additional guidance for managing and troubleshooting Sophos DNS Protection.
Analyse Sophos DNS Protection reports and Live Discover
Logs & Reports provides repeatable operational reports; Live Discover adds detailed Data Lake queries within the documented DNS schema.
Configure Sophos DNS Protection filtering policies
Filtering policies control DNS filtering per location. This guide explains precedence, narrow exceptions, pilot deployment, reports, and …
Deploy the Sophos DNS Protection Root Certificate
The DNS Protection Root Certificate makes HTTPS block pages trusted. This guide separates automatic and manual deployment and covers validation, …
Manage domain lists in Sophos DNS Protection
Domain lists supplement web categories with targeted allow and block decisions for up to 1,000 domains per list.
Manage Sophos DNS Protection Locations safely
Locations map DNS queries to the correct site and policy. This guide covers the complete lifecycle, including safe migration and validation.
Plan and set up the Sophos DNS Protection network
Decision guide and runbook for DNS routing, egress identity, firewall access, pilot validation, and troubleshooting.
Set up Sophos DNS Protection manually on macOS
Decision guide and runbook for individual Macs: DNS servers per network service or a generated DoH configuration profile, including boundaries, …
Set up Sophos DNS Protection manually on Windows
This guide shows the manual Windows configuration using the tenant-specific DNS addresses and DoH template from Sophos Central.
Set up Sophos DNS Protection on Windows Server
Windows DNS Server forwards public queries to both resolvers supplied by Sophos Central, while internal zones remain internal.