This article describes the process of associating a registered domain with Office 365.
Why do this?
When a new O365 tenant is created, all users will be created as <name>.<companyname>.onmicrosoft.com. e.g. [email protected]. Microsoft provide this subdomain as an initial login to O365.
To enable users to login using a registered domain (like [email protected]), you must prove to Microsoft that you own this domain.
NB. This has no effect on existing services like email hosted outside of O365, it is merely a way of authorising the use of a domain (collset.com) in O365.
Pre-requisites:
How To:
IN O365:
1. Log in to Office 365 and go to Set Up > Domains > Add Domain
2. Enter the domain as name.com (e.g. collset.com) and hit next
3. Choose to enter a TXT Record unless advised otherwise
4. Copy the details of the TXT record, this is needed in the next step in another system
IN YOUR DOMAIN CONSOLE:
5. Take the TXT record details from step 4 and enter them against the domain console
BACK IN OFFICE 365
5. Verify the domain is there
6. If yes, all good, if no, review the details and go through 4 and 5 again*
*note it can take up to 72hrs for DNS to update