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Article Number: 000184778

Locate Your Unique DNS Values in Office 365

Summary: To create the DNS records you need for Office 365 services at your domain registrar or DNS host, you must use specific values for the records.

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Instructions

Affected Products:

  • Office 365

If you are in the middle of the Office 365 domain setup wizard, you see the DNS values on the wizard pages. But if you have closed the wizard, you can follow the steps here to find the values.

Domains and DNS: Set up a custom domain name

  1. Find the TXT record value for verifying domain ownership
    1. Sign in to the Microsoft Online Portal This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies..
    2. Go to Domains.

Domains
Figure 1: (English Only) Go to Domains

  1. On the Domains page, click your domain.
  2. Choose Start setup. You go back to the Domains setup wizard to see the specific value you must add.

Start setup
Figure 2: (English Only) Choose Start setup

  1. On the Add this TXT record page, you find step-by-step instructions to add a TXT record to verify your domain.
Note: If your DNS host does not let you add TXT records, you see MX record instead of TXT record.

Add this TXT record
Figure 3: (English Only) Required DNS settings

  1. Copy the MS=msXXXXXXXX value (including the MS= part) shown on the page.
  2. Update your DNS records for step-by-step instructions to add the portal.
  1. Find all other values to set up Office 365

To locate all other DNS values to set up Office 365, including MX record values for email follow the steps below.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Online PortalThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies..
  2. Select Domains.
  3. On the Domains page, select your domain.
  4. Click Domain settings to see the DNS records to add.

Domain settings
Figure 4: (English Only) Click Domain settings

  1. Update your DNS records (internal link) for step-by-step instructions to add the portal.
Note:
  • You want to keep this information available while you update your DNS host, so you can copy and paste the values.
  • The groups of DNS records that are listed on the page depend on your choices listed under Domain purpose.

Article Properties

Affected Product

Microsoft 365 from Dell

Product

Microsoft 365 from Dell

Last Published Date

19 Mar 2024

Version

5

Article Type

How To

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