mere ntọhapụ nke ihe nkesa DNS nwere ikike Ihe nkesa ikike nke PowerDNS 4.3, emebere iji hazie nkesa mpaghara DNS. Site na nyere Ndị na-emepụta ọrụ, PowerDNS Authoritative Server na-eje ozi ihe dịka 30% nke ọnụ ọgụgụ ngalaba na Europe (ọ bụrụ na anyị na-atụle naanị ngalaba nwere akara DNSSEC, mgbe ahụ 90%). Koodu oru ngo kesara site ikike n'okpuru GPLv2.
PowerDNS Authoritative Server na-enye ike ịchekwa ozi ngalaba na ọdụ data dị iche iche, gụnyere MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, Oracle, na Microsoft SQL Server, yana LDAP na faịlụ ederede dị larịị na usoro BIND. Enwere ike ịmezi nzaghachi ya (dịka ọmụmaatụ, iji kpochapụ spam) ma ọ bụ bugharịa ya site na ijikọ ndị na-ahụ maka omenala na Lua, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, C na C++. Atụmatụ gụnyekwara ngwaọrụ maka nchịkọta ọnụ ọgụgụ dịpụrụ adịpụ, gụnyere site na SNMP ma ọ bụ site na Weebụ API (a na-ewu ihe nkesa HTTP maka ọnụ ọgụgụ na njikwa), malitegharịa ozugbo, injin arụnyere maka ijikọ ndị njikwa n'asụsụ Lua, ikike ịkwanye nguzozi. na-eburu n'uche ọnọdụ mpaghara nke onye ahịa .
agbakwunyere nkwado njikwa nke igodo DNSSEC a na-ebipụtaghị (zoro ezo), i.e. igodo enwere ike iji bịanye aka na mpaghara, mana anaghị egosipụta na mpaghara ahụ n'ezie.
Ọ ga-ekwe omume ugbu a ibipụta ndekọ CDS/CDNSKEY ozugbo site na iji otu ntọala “default-publish-{cds|cdnskey}” na pdns.conf.