Applies to: Live@edu
Topic Last Modified: 2011-05-02
To confirm that you own the domain you are modifying, you create a record at your DNS hosting provider. When this DNS record is verified, your ownership of the domain is confirmed.
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.
Until the new DNS record is detected, the Service Management Portal will display the message asking you to confirm domain ownership. To check if the DNS record has been detected, click Refresh.
To use a CNAME record to prove domain ownership, the CNAME record must be in the exact format displayed when you are asked to prove ownership. For example, if your token is 0cbc8689f5394f86bc7b84983e30d3, specify the following:
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Alias
0cbc8689f5394f86bc7b84983e30d3
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Target
domains.live.com
