If you have a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription, you can use a custom domain name with it.
Microsoft wants you to use GoDaddy as the registrar, however there is a hack you can try to use another domain registrar.
Using a different registrar
Instructions are in this article:
Use personalized domain with outlook and Office 365 Home family
While I highly recommend you check the instructions (and some of the comments) in the Reddit article, the condensed version of the instructions are below:
- In Outlook.com's Premium settings ( icon), under Personalized email address choose the option to "get started" with a personalized domain.
- Click the option to buy a new domain with GoDaddy and a new window opens
- Copy the URL of the new window that opens. You need the mxRecordValue code from the URL.
Go to your own domain DNS settings and add the following settings, replacing "mxRecordValue" in the DNS samples below with your code from the URL.Name TTL * Type Priority Value ** @ 3600 or 1 hour MX 0 mxRecordValue.pamx1.hotmail.com. @ 3600 or 1 hour TXT v=spf1 include:outlook.com -all autodiscover 3600 or 1 hour CNAME autodiscover.outlook.com. _dmarc 3600 or 1 hour TXT v=DMARC1; p=none; _outlook 3600 or 1 hour TXT _domainconnect.gd.domaincontrol.com. _domainconnect 3600 or 1 hour CNAME mxRecordValue [*] Some DNS servers use TTL (time to live) in seconds, other use hours.
[**] Please note: you need the dot at the end of the external domains. - Return to the premium settings in outlook to set your custom domain.
- hoose the option I already have a domain
- Enter your domain name
- Click to login to GoDaddy then exit the GoDaddy login page.
- Congratulations it should now say you connected the domain with GoDaddy!
Adding Additional Aliases
You (and the people you share Family with) are limited to one alias in the custom domain. But you can add more aliases in your custom domain if you can forward the domain email temporarily so you can verify the address.
Incoming email to the additional aliases works fine but it's hit or miss for sending messages from the address. Outlook desktop sends from one of my extra addresses, but another alias is listed an EASI address in Outlook desktop and cannot send mail (from Outlook desktop). Outlook.com on the web sends mail on behalf of the addresses.
I tried using this method to add a domain address to accounts not in the family share – incoming mail did not work.
You are limited to one domain name. If you want to add addresses in another domain, you will need a business Microsoft account (or another subscription in a different Microsoft account). Business accounts can host multiple domains (in the thousands), and each mailbox can have multiple addresses in one or more domains. You can now send mail using any of the addresses on your mailbox. Office 365: Send using Mailbox Alias Addresses
I had a microsoft personal account with myfirstname@mylastname.com for years (therefore it was my windows account login), while those the email address myfirstname@mylastname.com was configured with gmail. Now i got Microsoft 365 Family and i switched the DNS entries for my domain @mylastname.com to Microsoft Family with the procedure under "personalized email address". I wasn't able to add myfirstname@mylastname.com as personalized email, as "myfirstname@mylastname.com" is already configured as primary alias under my microsoft personal account. When i try to enter my firstname in the field and i click next, my firstname just dissappear without error. Nothing else happend. Nevertheless, it seems that i still receive the emails to myfirstname@mylastname.com into my outlook account, even if i didn't configured the "personalized email address". However, i don't know if it's fully supported or if i'am just lucky of receiving the emails? (i said "it seems", because i miss some emails or they are coming after a very long delay, but it's because of that i have to wait for the 24-48 hours for the dns to fully propagate) I know i can remove the alias myfirstname@mylastname.com on my microsoft personal account and switch back to the classical myfirstname.mylastname@outlook.com as primary alias, but… Read more »
It usually errors when you try to add an alias that is already in use as a microsoft account. With the custom address as primary, is your address on the account menu (on the right side in outlook.com) - does it have your address or outlook_big-ugly-code@outlook? If it uses the outlook_ugly address, you remove the address and properly add it back.
If you can send from the custom address ok and it's from the address, not using on behalf of, and incoming mail works, it should be fine to leave it as is - or maybe try to add a second custom domain address.
I am facing some issue with my Domain snapchatonlinelogin.org, please help me.
Did you confirm the DNS the way Microsoft told you to? When i checked it, it was pointing to godaddy's mail servers.
Is there an opportunity to check the availability of specific domain names before signing up?
You can go to godaddy or other registrars and see if the name you want is coming up as available. Or, just try your first choice and see if it is accepted.
Do you know if these premium accounts sync the Drafts folder with iOS 10? Office365/OWA does. Outlook.com does not. Perhaps a premium Outlook.com account does?
I have been through no less than ten MS Customer Support reps....none can answer the question.
Thanks.
The new outlook.com should be syncing all mail folders with ios devices.
do you know what happens after one year when example I stop my subscription, do I go back with the old domain with the same emails, calendars and contacts I have?
After 1 year, if you don't renew it, you will lose the custom address but keep the outlook.com address (and mailbox) you used when you first signed up.