Learning outcomes
- Explain how to understand domain verification, DNS and mailbox setup.
- Complete the guided practice safely.
- Check that you can identify when registrar, DNS or mail expertise is required.
Administration and Security
Domains and Email Setup
Learn to understand domain verification, DNS and mailbox setup and identify when registrar, DNS or mail expertise is required in this beginner-friendly Microsoft 365 lesson.
Before you begin
Administrator permissions may be required. Use least privilege, a separate admin account and an approved change record.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open the Microsoft 365 admin centre or relevant security portal and confirm you are using the intended account.
- Review a sample domain setup checklist without changing live DNS.
- Pause and check permissions, filenames, recipients, dates or settings that affect the task.
- Test the result: identify when registrar, DNS or mail expertise is required.
- Record the change, owner, date, expected effect and rollback plan, then verify the result with the affected user.
Ian's practical tip: Use sample information first. Once the workflow is correct, repeat it with approved work information and the minimum necessary access.
Practical activity
Review a sample domain setup checklist without changing live DNS. Your expected result is to identify when registrar, DNS or mail expertise is required.