Google Chrome (Linux, Mac, Windows) since version 80
Google Chrome OS (Google Chrome OS) since version 80
Chrome 80: February 4, 2020
and as a clarification
When you connect via VPN to the corporate network the DNS queries are not distributes as when you are in the office. You have a X amount of entry points for the VPN which are served by Y DNS servers which is less than the total amount of DNS servers available in the corporate network. Plus the amount of remote users increased vastly, plus the VPN technology used plus the DNS servers used. Not that simple I'm afraid
Also keep in mind that Edge is chromium based now and has the same issue. And is becoming the standard by MS and thus the impact is increased now because of this
Sure, lockdown and increased VPN use makes sense as to why this got painful in march. However I expect GP was quibbling with this part of your statement:
>Furthermore if I remember correctly this "feature" in chrome was enabled in a version which was distributed to our clients maybe a month before the lockdowns so there was little time to see the effect while clients were still in the office
Which claims that the feature was rolled out recently.
and as a clarification
When you connect via VPN to the corporate network the DNS queries are not distributes as when you are in the office. You have a X amount of entry points for the VPN which are served by Y DNS servers which is less than the total amount of DNS servers available in the corporate network. Plus the amount of remote users increased vastly, plus the VPN technology used plus the DNS servers used. Not that simple I'm afraid