Create DNS Records at eNom Central 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.

1. Go to the eNom Central Web site at http://www.enomcentral.com, and click Log-in.
   
2. On the page that opens, log on with your eNom Central Login ID and password.
   
3. On the My Account page, in the My Account section, click Registered Domains.
   
4. The Domain Control Panel page opens. 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 eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Host Records.
   
2. In the Edit Hosts Records section, click the add SRV or SPF record button.
   
3. In the SPF records section that appears, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • 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.
       
   • SPF TXT String   v=msv1 t=<token>
     
4. When you are finished, click Save.
   

MX record

1. On the eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Email Settings.
   
2. In the Edit Email Settings section, in the Service Selection menu, select User (MX).
   
3. In the MX records section, do one of the following:
   
   • Use the last empty row that has no values for Host Name or Address
     
   • Click the new row button if there are no empty rows available.
     
4. To create the MX record, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • 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.
       
   • Address   <token>.msv1.invalid
     
   • Pref   100
     Important   To prevent a conflict with the MX record that routes e-mail to your domain, pay close attention to the Pref value. A lower value indicates a higher priority. For example, a record with a Pref value of 10 is processed before a record with a Pref value of 100. 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 100.
     
5. When you are finished, click Save.
   

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

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1. On the eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Email Settings.
   
2. In the Edit Email Settings section, in the Service Selection menu, select User (MX).
   
3. In the MX records section, do one of the following:
   
   • Use the last empty row that has no values for Host Name or Address.
     
   • Click the new row button if there are no empty rows available.
     
4. To create the MX record, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • 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.
       
   • Address   <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.
     
   • Pref   10
     
   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 the delete button.
   
5. When you are finished, click Save.
   

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1. On the eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Host Records.
   
2. In the Edit Host Records section, do one of the following:
   
   • Use the last empty row that has no values for Host Name, Record Type, or Address.
     
   • If no empty rows are available, click new row.
     
3. To create the CNAME record, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • 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).
     
   • Address   autodiscover.outlook.com
     
4. When you are finished, click Save.
   

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 eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Host Records.
   
2. In the Edit Host Records section, click the add SRV or SPF record button.
   
3. In the SPF records section that appears, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • 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.
       
   • SPF Text String   v=spf1 include:outlook.com include:spf.messaging.microsoft.com ~all
     
4. When you are finished, click Save.
   

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1. On the eNom Central Domain Control Panel page, in the Manage Domain menu, select Host Records.
   
2. In the Edit Host Records section, click the add SRV or SPF record button.
   
3. In the SRV records section, fill in the fields as follows:
   
   • Service   _sipfederationtls
     
   • Protocol   Enter one of the following values:
     
     • Enter _tcp 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 _tcp.
       
     • Enter _tcp.<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 _tcp.test.
       
   • Priority   10
     
   • Weight   2
     
   • Port   5061
     
   • Target (Host Name)   federation.messenger.msn.com
     
4. When you are finished, click Save.
   

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