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Getting Started
Admin Console
- Dashboard overview
- Insights overview
- Sites Overview - Network Deployments
- Policies Overview - Create and Edit
- Custom Lists overview
- Clients Overview - Device Agents and Profiles
- Users Overview - Directory Users and Personas
- Organizations Overview - MSP Tenant Management
- Lookup Tool Overview
- Query Log Overview
- Settings Overview - Account Administration
- Help & Support Overview
- Signing In - Login, 2FA, and Password Reset
- Two-factor authentication (2FA)
- Add system users (role-based access)
- Check domain classification with the Lookup Tool
- Configurable objects and their associations
- Configure notifications
- Working with organizations (multi-tenant)
Deployment & Clients
Policies & Filtering
- Working with policies
- Content categories
- Security categories
- Application categories (Zero Trust app management)
- Working with allow and block lists
- Zero Trust TLD Filters
- Safe Search explained
- Safe Search supported search engines
- YouTube Restricted Mode explained
- Custom block pages
- Prevent DNS bypass
- Don't mix DNS providers
- Active Directory group policies
- Entra ID group policies
- Tracking individual users
Integrations & API
Common tasks: how do I...?
A quick task index for the ScoutDNS console: one line per common task, linking straight to the article that walks it through.
Updated Jul 24, 2026 • 2 min read
One line per task, linking to the article that covers it. If what you need isn’t here, try the search box above or browse the sections.
Networks and sites
- How do I point my network at ScoutDNS? Quickstart: WAN forwarding
- How do I find the resolver IP addresses? ScoutDNS resolver IPs
- How do I handle a network with a dynamic IP? Dynamic IP setup
- How do I add a site and organize my deployments? Sites Overview: The Sites list
- How do I fix a WAN that shows as down? Troubleshoot: WAN shows as Down
Policies and filtering
- How do I create or edit a policy? Policies Overview: Building a policy
- How do I assign a policy to a network, profile, or device? Working with policies
- How do I block a content category? Policies Overview: Choosing what to block; the full category list is in Content categories
- How do I turn on Safe Search? Safe Search settings
- How do I restrict YouTube? YouTube Restricted Mode: Configure in ScoutDNS
- How do I stop users from bypassing DNS filtering? Prevent DNS bypass
Allow and block lists
- How do I allow or block a domain? Allow and block lists: Add rules
- How do I create a custom list? Allow and block lists: Create a list
- How do I block risky TLDs, or make an exception to a TLD rule? Zero Trust TLD Filters: Building a filter
- How do I customize what a blocked user sees? Custom block pages: Editable fields
Clients and users
- How do I deploy the Windows client? Windows Client (v2) deployment guide
- How do I manage roaming clients and profiles? Clients Overview
- How do I filter by user or group? Active Directory group policies or Entra ID group policies
- How do I get per-user activity reporting? Tracking individual users
Organizations (MSP)
- How do I create an organization? Working with organizations: Create an organization
- How do I link sites, profiles, or personas to a tenant? Working with organizations: Link resources
- How do I run per-tenant usage and billing reports? Organizations Overview: Usage and billing
Logs and lookup
- How do I check why a domain was blocked or allowed? Lookup Tool Overview
- How do I search the query log? Query Log: Filtering
- How do I export the query log? Query Log: Exporting
- How do I stream logs to my SIEM? SIEM data export
Account and access
- How do I add an operator to my account? Add system users: Create an operator account
- How do I enforce 2FA? Two-factor authentication: Enable 2FA
- How do I set up single sign-on? SSO with Entra ID: Standard setup
- How do I create an API key? API access: Create an API key
- How do I get alert emails? Notifications: Create a notification profile
- How do I reset my password? Signing In: Reset your password