Fix Microsoft 365 Business concern Standard with a new or existing domain

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When y'all purchase Microsoft 365 Business organisation Standard, you take the option of adding a domain yous ain, or ownership ane. Check out Sign upwards for a Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription.

In this article, we'll walk you through the steps of adding an existing domain your already own or buying a new one. If you purchased a new domain when you signed up, your domain is all set up up and you tin can move to Add users and assign licenses.

Gear up Microsoft 365 for business

Before you begin

To add together, modify or remove domains you must be a global administrator. For more than info, encounter About admin roles.

Important

The person who signs upward for Microsoft 365 for business organization (commonly the business owner) automatically becomes the technical administrator of the arrangement. You can add other people equally admins if yous want aid managing your Microsoft 365 services. Cheque out Assign admin roles for more info.

Scout: Add an existing domain to your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription

Steps: Add an existing domain to your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription

  1. From the How you lot'll sign in folio on the Microsoft 365 Concern Standard sign up, choose Create a new business electronic mail account (advanced).

  2. On the Install your Office apps page, yous can optionally install the apps on your own computer.

  3. In the Add domain stride, enter the domain name you want to use (similar contoso.com).

    Important

    If y'all purchased a domain during the sign-up, y'all will non encounter Add a domain stride hither. Become to Add users instead.

  4. Follow the steps to Create DNS records at any DNS hosting provider for Office 365 that verifies you lot own the domain. If you know your domain host, see also Add together a domain to Microsoft 365.

    If your hosting provider is GoDaddy or some other host enabled with domain connect, the process is easy and you'll be automatically asked to sign in and let Microsoft authenticate on your behalf.

    On GoDaddy Confirm Access page, select Authorize.

Add users and assign licenses

You tin can add together users now, just you can also add users subsequently in the admin center.

Whatsoever users you add together become automatically assigned a Microsoft 365 Business Standard license.

  1. If your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription has existing users you become an option to assign licenses to them now. Go ahead and add together licenses to them equally well.

  2. Afterward y'all've added the users, you'll also become an selection to share credentials with the new users you added. You can choose to print them out, email them, or download them.

Connect your domain

To set services, you take to update records at your DNS host or domain registrar.

  1. The setup magician typically detects your registrar and gives you a link to step-past-step instructions for updating your NS records at the registrar website. If it doesn't, Change nameservers to fix upwardly Function 365 with whatsoever domain registrar.

    • If you have existing DNS records, for instance an existing web site, just your DNS host is enabled for domain connect, cull Add records for me. On the Choose your online services page, accept all the defaults, and choose Next, and choose Qualify on your DNS host's page.
    • If you have existing DNS records with other DNS hosts (not enabled for domain connect), you'll desire to manage your ain DNS records to make certain the existing services stay connected. See domain nuts for more info.

  2. Follow the steps in the sorcerer and email and other services will be gear up for you.

    When the signup process is complete, you'll be directed to the admin middle, where you'll follow a wizard to install Office apps, add your domain, add users, and assign licenses. Later on you complete the initial setup, yous can use the Setup page in the admin eye to continue setting upwardly and configuring the services that come with your subscriptions.

    For more information nigh the setup wizard and the admin middle Setup page, run into Difference between the setup wizard and the Setup page.

Sentinel: Set up upward business email with a new domain

Steps: Set upwards business email with a new domain

  1. From the How yous'll sign in folio on the Microsoft 365 Business Standard sign up, cull Create a new business email account (advanced).

  2. Follow the steps to buy a new domain and enter the domain name you lot want to use (like contoso.com). After you've completed buying your domain, y'all can add users and licenses and install your Part apps in the admin center.

Finish setting up

Follow the steps below to fix Outlook, Teams, OneDrive and your website.

Footstep: Set upward Outlook for email

  1. On the Windows Beginning card, search for Outlook, and select it.

    (If you're using a Mac, open Outlook from the toolbar or locate it using the Finder.)

    If you've just installed Outlook, on the Welcome page, select Adjacent.

  2. Choose File > Info > Add Business relationship.

  3. Enter your Microsoft email address and select Connect.

Watch: Gear up Outlook for email

More than at Set up Outlook for electronic mail.

Import electronic mail

If you were using Outlook with another e-mail business relationship, you can import your previous email, calendar, and contacts into your new Microsoft business relationship.

  1. Export your one-time email

    In Outlook, choose File > Open & Consign > Import/Export.

    Select Export to a File and then follow the steps to export your Outlook Information File (.pst) and any subfolders.

  2. Import your old electronic mail

    In Outlook, choose File > Open & Consign > Import/Export again.

    This time, select Import from another program or file and follow the steps to import the backup file you created when you exported your erstwhile electronic mail.

Scout: Import and redirect electronic mail

More at Import electronic mail with Outlook.

You can also utilise Substitution admin center to import anybody's email. For more information, meet drift multiple email accounts.

Prepare upward Microsoft Teams and OneDrive for business

Select the OneDrive cloud icon from your taskbar and follow the steps to motion your files to your new OneDrive for Concern folder. Select Adjacent to set up Microsoft Teams.

  1. Open up Microsoft Teams, select your profile icon, and and so Add work or school account. Follow the steps to add your new account to Teams.

Utilize a public website

Microsoft 365 doesn't include a public website for your business. If you lot want to prepare one up, consider using a Microsoft partner, such as GoDaddy or WIX.

  1. From the admin centre, go to Resources, and then select Public website.

  2. Select Acquire more under one of the options, then sign upwards with a website partner and use their tools to set upwards and design your site.

Watch: Create your business organization website

Invite users to join your subscription and organization

In one case you've set up up your organization, you lot can invite other users to join your Microsoft 365 business subscription. They'll become access to all the features of the subscription.

Invite users to my subscription

Let your users know they can follow the steps in the articles below to join your organization and subscription.

  • Take an email invitation

  • Have an email invitation using an Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail or other account (User)

Migrate data to my Microsoft 365 Concern Standard subscription