Create DNS Records at Network Solutions 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 Network Solutions Web site at http://www.networksolutions.com, and click Log In.
   
2. In the Account Manager page that opens, sign in with your Network Solutions User ID and password.
   
3. The Domain Names page opens. In the Manage <domain name> section, click Edit Advanced DNS Records. The Update Advanced DNS for <domain name> section appears on the Domain Names page. You are now ready to create the DNS records that are used with the cloud-based service.
   

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. In the Network Solutions Advanced DNS Manager, in the Text (TXT Records) section, click Edit Text Records.
   
2. On the Add/Edit Text (TXT Records) page, enter the following information in an empty row:
   
   • Host   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.
       
   • TTL   Verify that 7200 is selected.
     
   • Text   v=msv1 t=<token>
     
3. When you are finished, click Continue.
   
4. On the resulting confirmation page, click Save Changes.
   

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

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1. In the Network Solutions Advanced DNS Manager, in the Mail Servers (MX Records) section, click Edit MX Records.
   
2. The Add/Edit Mail Servers (MX Records) page opens. Enter the following information in an empty row for your cloud-based domain:
   
   • Priority   10
     
   • TTL   Verify that 7200 is selected.
     
   • Mail Server   <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 Delete check box next to the MX record.
   
3. When you are finished, click Continue.
   
4. On the resulting confirmation page, click Save Changes.
   

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1. In the Network Solutions Advanced DNS Manager, in the Host Aliases (CNAME Records) section, click Edit CNAME Records.
   
2. The Add/Edit Host Aliases (CNAME Records) page opens. Enter the following information in an empty row:
   
   • Alias   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.
       
   • TTL   Verify that 7200 is selected.
     
   • Refers to Host Name   Select Other Host and enter autodiscover.outlook.com.
     
3. When you are finished, click Continue.
   
4. On the resulting confirmation page, click Save Changes.
   

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. In the Network Solutions Advanced DNS Manager, in the Text (TXT Records) section, click Edit TXT Records.
   
2. The Add/Edit Text (TXT Records) page opens. Enter the following information in an empty row:
   
   • Host   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.
       
   • TTL   Verify that 7200 is selected.
     
   • Text   v=spf1 include:outlook.com include:spf.messaging.microsoft.com ~all
     
3. When you are finished, click Continue.
   
4. On the resulting confirmation page, click Save Changes.
   

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1. In the Network Solutions Advanced DNS Manager, in the Service (SRV Records) section, click Edit SRV Records.
   
2. The Add/Edit Service (SRV Records) page opens. Enter the following information in an empty row:
   
   • Service   Select _sipfederationtls.
     
   • Protocol   Select _tcp.
     
   • TTL   Verify that 7200 is selected.
     
   • Priority   10
     
   • Weight   2
     
   • Port   5061
     
   • Target   federation.messenger.msn.com
     
3. When you are finished, click Continue.
   
4. On the resulting confirmation page, click Save Changes.
   

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