Update dns records office 365

In the previous article, we did configure permissions in Exchange Hybrid. This time we will look at how to change the MX records to point to Office That way, the mail will arrive first to Office , and Exchange Online Protection EOP will protect the organization against spam, malware, and other email threats. So, normal inbound mail flow to the Exchange on-premises organization will continue interrupted.

If you did not yet check the previous articles, we recommend you go through them by visiting the course Exchange Hybrid. This will make it easier for you to follow along. Sign in to the Microsoft portal. Click on the added domain. Go through the wizard and find the MX records. Sign in to the domain name registrar. You can have one or more MX records at the moment. For example, if you are hosted entirely in Office Germany, that is, you have no on-premises mail servers, your SPF TXT record would include rows 1, 4, and 7 and would look like this:.

To do this, change include:spf. It's important to note that you need to create a separate record for each subdomain as subdomains don't inherit the SPF record of their top-level domain.

For example:. SPF identifies which mail servers are allowed to send mail on your behalf. Recipient mail systems refer to the SPF TXT record to determine whether a message from your custom domain comes from an authorized messaging server. For example, let's say that your custom domain contoso. When the receiving messaging server gets a message from joe contoso. If the receiving server finds out that the message comes from a server other than the Office messaging servers listed in the SPF record, the receiving mail server can choose to reject the message as spam.

This is because the receiving server cannot validate that the message comes from an authorized messaging server. Your website stays where it is and people can still get to it. If Microsoft manages your DNS records , to route traffic to an existing public website hosted outside of Microsoft, after you add your domain to Microsoft, do the following:.

For IP Address , type the static IP address for your website where it's currently hosted for example, This must be a static IP address for the website, not a dynamic IP address. Check with site where your website is hosted to make sure you can get a static IP address for your public website. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy.

At the end of these steps, your domain will stay registered with the host that you purchased the domain from, but Microsoft can use it for your email addresses like user yourdomain. If you don't add a domain, people in your organization will use the onmicrosoft. It's important to add your domain before you add users, so you don't have to set them up twice.

Check the Domains FAQ if you don't find what you're looking for below. In a new browser tab or window, sign in to your DNS hosting provider, and then find where you manage your DNS settings e. Adding this record won't affect your existing email or other services and you can safely remove it once your domain is connected to Microsoft Save the record, go back to the admin center, and then select Verify.

It typically takes around 15 minutes for record changes to register, but sometimes it can take longer. Give it some time and a few tries to pick up the change.