Create DNS records at Fasthosts.co.uk for Office 365

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Check the Domains FAQ if you don't find what you're looking for.

If Fasthosts.co.uk is your DNS hosting provider, follow the steps in this article to verify your domain and set up DNS records for email, Skype for Business Online, and so on.

These are the main records to add. (Need more help? Get support.)

Add a TXT record for verification
Add an MX record to route email
Add six CNAME records
Add a TXT record for SPF to help prevent email spam
Add two SRV records

After you add these records at Fasthosts.co.uk, your domain will be set up to work with Office 365 services.

To learn about webhosting and DNS for websites with Office 365, see Use a public website with Office 365.

Note: Typically it takes about 15 minutes for DNS changes to take effect. However, it can occasionally take longer for a change you've made to update across the Internet's DNS system. If you're having trouble with mail flow or other issues after adding DNS records, see Troubleshoot issues after changing your domain name or DNS records.

Add a TXT record for verification

Before you use your domain with Office 365, we have to make sure that you own it. Your ability to log in to your account at your domain registrar and create the DNS record proves to Office 365 that you own the domain.

Note: This record is used only to verify that you own your domain; it doesn't affect anything else. You can delete it later, if you like.

To get started, go to your domains page at Fasthosts.co.uk by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the top navigation bar, choose Domain, and then choose Manage Domains.
On the Configure Domain Names page, find the name of the domain that you are updating, and then choose the DNS icon for that domain name.
On the Advanced DNS page for your domain, in the TXT Records section, choose Add TXT Record.

(You may have to scroll down.)

In the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the following table.

Host Name	Value
@	MS=msXXXXXXXX Note: This is an example. Use your specific Destination or Points to Address value here, from the table in Office 365. How do I find this?

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Choose Save.
Wait a few minutes before you continue, so that the record you just created can update across the Internet.

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.

When Office 365 finds the correct TXT record, your domain is verified.

Choose Setup > Domains.
On the Domains page, choose the domain that you are verifying.
On the Setup page, choose Start setup.
On the Verify domain page, choose Verify.

Add an MX record so email for your domain will come to Office 365

To get started, go to your domains page at Fasthosts.co.uk by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the top navigation bar, choose Domain, and then choose Manage Domains.
On the Configure Domain Names page, find the name of the domain that you are updating, and then choose the DNS icon for that domain name.
On the Advanced DNS page for your domain, in the MX Records section, choose Add MX Record.

(You may have to scroll down.)

In the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the following table.

Host Name	Points To	Priority
@	<domain-key>.mail.protection.outlook.com Note: Get your <domain-key> from your Office 365 portal account. How do I find this?	0 For more information about priority, see What is MX priority?

Host Name

Points To

Priority

<domain-key>.mail.protection.outlook.com

Note: Get your <domain-key> from your Office 365 portal account.
How do I find this?

For more information about priority, see What is MX priority?

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Choose Save.
If there are any other MX records in the MX Records section, delete one of them by choosing Remove for that one.
Select the confirmation check box.
Choose Confirm.
Use the same process to delete all other MX records except for the one that you created in this procedure.

Add the six CNAME records that are required for Office 365

To get started, go to your domains page at Fasthosts.co.uk by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the top navigation bar, choose Domain, and then choose Manage Domains.
On the Configure Domain Names page, find the name of the domain that you are updating, and then choose the DNS icon for that domain name.
On the Advanced DNS page for your domain, in the CNAME Records section, choose Add CNAME Record.

(You may have to scroll down.)

Add the first of the six CNAME records.

In the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the first row of the following table.

Host Name	Points To
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.manage.microsoft.com

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Choose Save.
Add each of the other five CNAME records.

On the Advanced DNS page, choose Add CNAME Record, create a record using the values from the next row in the table, and then again choose Save to complete that record.

Repeat this process until you have created all six CNAME records.

Add a TXT record for SPF to help prevent email spam

Important: You cannot have more than one TXT record for SPF for a domain. If your domain has more than one SPF record, you'll get email errors, as well as delivery and spam classification issues. If you already have an SPF record for your domain, don't create a new one for Office 365. Instead, add the required Office 365 values to the current record so that you have a single SPF record that includes both sets of values. Need examples? Check out these details and sample SPF records. To validate your SPF record, you can use one of these SPF validation tools.

To get started, go to your domains page at Fasthosts.co.uk by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the top navigation bar, choose Domain, and then choose Manage Domains.
On the Configure Domain Names page, find the name of the domain that you are updating, and then choose the DNS icon for that domain name.
On the Advanced DNS page for your domain, in the TXT Records section, choose Add TXT Record.

(You may have to scroll down.)

In the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the following table.

Host Name	Value
@	v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all Note: We recommend copying and pasting this entry, so that all of the spacing stays correct.

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Choose Save.

Add the two SRV records that are required for Office 365

To get started, go to your domains page at Fasthosts.co.uk by using this link. You'll be prompted to log in first.
On the top navigation bar, choose Domain, and then choose Manage Domains.
On the Configure Domain Names page, find the name of the domain that you are updating, and then choose the DNS icon for that domain name.
On the Advanced DNS page for your domain, in the SRV Records section, choose Add SRV Record.

(You may have to scroll down.)

Add the first of the two SRV records.

In the boxes for the new record, type or copy and paste the values from the first row of the following table.

Host Name	Priority	Weight	Port	Target
_sip._tls	100	1	443	sipdir.online.lync.com
_sipfederationtls._tcp	100	1	5061	sipfed.online.lync.com

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Choose Save.
Add the other SRV record.

On the Advanced DNS page, in the SRV Records section, choose Add SRV Record, create a record using the values from the other row in the table, and then again choose Save to complete the second record.