Purpose
This page will guide you trough the creation of an Office365 tenant. The tenant will host some user that will get public access to the tenant resource.
Instruction
Create a Domain Name
The first step is to order a public Domain Name that will be associated with your tenant. You have to host this Domain Name on publicly accessible DNS. In this case we will use "Azure DNS Service".
| Step | Action |
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| 1 | Log into your Azure account. If you don't have one, ask your manager for an account used by your service. |
| 2 | Browse to get the access to all the Azure products and then select DNS zones.
DNS Zones 
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| 3 | Click Add.
Add 
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| 4 | Enter a domain Name and a Resource group name, and then click Create. Domain and Resource group name 
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| 5 | Your new DNS zone should show up on your dashboard: New DNS zone 
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| 6 | Click on the newly created icon to open your new zone settings: New zone settings 
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| 7 | You can now purchase a domain name and redirect it to the name server listed on your zone settings. |
Create an Office 365 Tenant
To create a tenant account, follow the steps below:
1.Open the https://products.office.com/en-us/business/compare-more-office-365-for-business-plans to select a plan and click Buy now.
2.Follow the wizard to create a new account.
3. After creating a new account, log into the portal.office.com using it.
Add your domain into Office 365 tenant
- Click Domains, Click on Add domain
- Enter your newly created Domain Name
- Take a note of your Record information
- Log into your Azure account and open your zone settings
- Add a Record Set
- Create the new record with the information provided by Office365 portal
- Go back to the Office 365 and click verify.
- Select I'll manage my own DNS records and click Next to Set up your online services.
Create all the DNS records required.
- The completed form should look like this:
- Click Verify again to ensure all the record are correct.
- You can now create new user using your Domain Name.
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