Create DNS Records at CentralNic for Live@edu

The Live@edu Service Management Portal provides the information you need to create each type of DNS record. The values for several types of records include a unique 30-character token for each domain. When you create the DNS records, to avoid typos, copy and paste the information from the Service Management Portal to the data entry form for your DNS hosting service.

Typically, DNS records that you create for new domains are detected quickly. Updates to DNS records for existing domains may take longer to be detected. However, it should take no longer than 72 hours before a change is detected.

Important   In the following steps, always specify all domain names with a trailing period. The trailing period ( . ) indicates a fully qualified domain name (FQDN).

1. Go to the CentralNic Web site at http://www.centralnic.com, and click Account Login.
   
2. Sign in with your CentralNic Account ID and password.
   
3. On the Account Summary page, in the Domain Names section, click your domain name.
   
4. On the details page for your domain, in the Actions section, click Manage DNS.
   
5. The DNS Manager page for your domain opens. Click Advanced configuration. You are now ready to create the DNS records that are used with the cloud-based service.
   

Important   You only need to create one record to prove domain ownership.

You need the unique token for your domain. The token is displayed in the Service Management Portal when you are asked to prove domain ownership. In the examples below, replace <token> with the exact value from the Service Management Portal, such as 418dfb2662004683978f9ce4742099.

TXT record

1. On the CentralNic DNS Manager page, the area where you create new DNS records is located between the Web Forwarding section and the Notes section. Enter the following information:
   
   • Host Name   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter @ if your registered domain is your cloud-based domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com and your cloud-based domain is contoso.com, enter @.
       
     • Enter the subdomain name if your cloud-based domain is a subdomain of your registered domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com, but your cloud-based domain is the subdomain test.contoso.com, enter test.
       
   • Record Type    Select TXT (Text).
     
   • Priority    Leave this field blank.
     
   • Value   v=msv1 t=<token>
     
2. When you are finished, click Add Record.
   

MX record

1. On the CentralNic DNS Manager page, the area where you create new DNS records is located between the Web Forwarding section and the Notes section. Enter the following information:
   
   • Host Name   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter @ if your registered domain is your cloud-based domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com and your cloud-based domain is contoso.com, enter @.
       
     • Enter the subdomain name if your cloud-based domain is a subdomain of your registered domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com, but your cloud-based domain is the subdomain test.contoso.com, enter test.
       
   • Record Type   Select MX (Mail Server).
     
   • Priority   99
     Important   To prevent a conflict with the MX record that routes e-mail to your domain, pay close attention to the Priority value. A lower value indicates a higher priority. For example, a record with a Priority of 10 is processed before a record with Priority of 99. The MX record for mail routing should use a low number like 10, and the MX record for proving domain ownership should use a high number like 99.
     
   • Value   <token>.msv1.invalid.
     
2. When you are finished, click Add Record.
   

After you create the DNS record at CentralNic to prove domain ownership, return to the Service Management Portal to check the status of your service.

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1. On the CentralNic DNS Manager page, the area where you create new DNS records is located between the Web Forwarding section and the Notes section. Enter the following information:
   
   • Host Name   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter @ if your registered domain is your cloud-based domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com and your cloud-based domain is contoso.com, enter @.
       
     • Enter the subdomain name if your cloud-based domain is a subdomain of your registered domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com, but your cloud-based domain is the subdomain test.contoso.com, enter test.
       
   • Record Type   Select MX (Mail Server).
     
   • Priority   10
     
   • Value   <token>.mail.outlook.com.
     Enter the value of MX server, displayed under Update an MX record in the Recommended DNS updates section of the Domains page in the Service Management Portal.
     
   Important   If you have obsolete MX records for this domain that routed e-mail to another location, delete them by selecting the check box next to the MX record, and then clicking Delete Selected.
   
2. When you are finished, click Add Record.
   

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1. On the CentralNic DNS Manager page, the area where you create new DNS records is located between the Web Forwarding section and the Notes section. Enter the following information:
   
   • Host Name   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter autodiscover if your registered domain is your cloud-based domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com and your cloud-based domain is contoso.com, enter autodiscover.
       
     • Enter autodiscover.<subdomain name> if your cloud-based domain is a subdomain of your registered domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com, but your cloud-based domain is the subdomain test.contoso.com, enter autodiscover.test.
       
   • Record Type   Select CNAME (Alias).
     
   • Priority   Leave this field blank.
     
   • Value   autodiscover.outlook.com.
     
2. When you are finished, click Add Record.
   

After you've created the Autodiscover CNAME record and created user accounts, you can point your users to Connect Outlook to This Account to help them create a new Outlook profile and connect.

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1. On the CentralNic DNS Manager page, the area where you create new DNS records is located between the Web Forwarding section and the Notes section. Enter the following information:
   
   • Host Name   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter @ if your registered domain is your cloud-based domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com and your cloud-based domain is contoso.com, enter @.
       
     • Enter the subdomain name if your cloud-based domain is a subdomain of your registered domain. For example, if your registered domain is contoso.com, but your cloud-based domain is the subdomain test.contoso.com, enter test.
       
   • Record Type   Select TXT (Text).
     Priority   Leave this field blank.
     Value   v=spf1 include:outlook.com include:spf.messaging.microsoft.com ~all
     
2. When you are finished, click Add Record.
   

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