Create DNS records at easyDNS for Office 365

• 2/15/2019
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Check the Domains FAQ if you don't find what you're looking for.

You'll need to add all of the following DNS records at your registrar's website to route mail to Office 365, use your domain for Teams and Skype for Business, and so on.

Verify that you own the domain with a TXT record

1. Go to https://cp.easydns.com/manage/domains/ and log in with your credentials.

2. Under the all domains heading, click on dns.

   

3. Under the TXT records heading, click the edit button (wrench icon).

   

4. Enter the following records in the text fields:

   Host	Text
   @	MS=msXXXXXXXX (Use the value provided to you on the Admin Center Domains page)

5. Choose NEXT.

   

6. Check to make sure the record is correct, and then choose CONFIRM.

   

7. Wait a few minutes before you continue, so that the record you just created can propagate across the Internet and be detected by Office 365.

8. Now that you've added the record at your domain registrar's site, you'll go back to Office 365 and request Office 365 to look for the record.

9. In the Admin Center, choose Setup > Domains

10. On the Domains page, choose the domain that you are verifying.

11. On the Setup page, choose Start setup.

12. On the Verify domain page, choose Verify.

Add an MX record to route email to Office 365

1. Go to https://cp.easydns.com/manage/domains/ and log in with your credentials.

2. Under the all domains heading, click on dns.

   

3. Under the MX records heading, click the edit button (wrench icon).

   

4. Enter the following records in the text fields:

   MAIL FOR ZONE	MAIL SERVER	PREF
   @	<domain-key>.mail.protection.outlook.com (Get your <domain-key> value from the Admin Center Domains page)	0

5. If you want to save your other MX records for backup purposes, copy them down somewhere. Before moving on, remove all other MX records here.

6. Choose NEXT.

   

7. Check to make sure the record is correct, and then choose CONFIRM.

   

Add the required CNAME records

1. Go to https://cp.easydns.com/manage/domains/ and log in with your credentials.

2. Under the all domains heading, click on dns.

   

3. Under the CNAME/Alias records heading, click the edit button (wrench icon).

   

4. Enter the following records in the text fields:

   HOST	Address (Must end with a ".")
   autodiscover	autodiscover.outlook.com.
   sip	sipdir.online.lync.com.
   lyncdiscover	webdir.online.lync.com.
   msoid	clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net.
   enterpriseregistration	enterpriseregistration.windows.net.
   enterpriseenrollment	enterpriseenrollment-s.manage.microsoft.com.

5. Choose NEXT.

   

6. Check to make sure the record is correct, and then choose CONFIRM.

   

Add a TXT record for SPF to help prevent email spam

1. Go to https://cp.easydns.com/manage/domains/ and log in with your credentials.

2. Under the all domains heading, click on dns.

   

3. Under the TXT records heading, click the edit button (wrench icon).

   

4. Enter the following records in the text fields:

   Host	Text
   @	v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all

5. Choose NEXT.

   

6. Check to make sure the record is correct, and then choose CONFIRM.

   

Add the two SRV records that are required for Office 365

1. Go to https://cp.easydns.com/manage/domains/ and log in with your credentials.

2. Under the all domains heading, click on dns.

   

3. Under the SRV records heading, click the edit button (wrench icon).

   

4. Enter the following records in the text fields:

   SERVICE	PROTO	HOST	PRI	WGT	PORT	TARGET(Must end with a ".")	TTL
   _sip	TLS	@	100	1	443	sipdir.online.lync.com.	1800
   _sipfederationtls	TCP	@	100	1	5061	sipfed.online.lync.com.	1800

5. Choose NEXT.

   

6. Check to make sure the record is correct, and then choose CONFIRM.