Enroll Your Domain with Microsoft Live@edu

Go to Sign up for Microsoft Live@edu and complete the form:

• In Step 1 of 2: Provide your domain and institution information, fill in all fields. Provide the name and address for your institution.
  
• In the Domain field, enter the name of the domain that you are enrolling with Live@edu. This is the domain that is associated with the e-mail address that you want to set up for use with Outlook Live. If you have an existing messaging system associated with that domain, mail delivery won't change until after more configuration changes are made.
  
• In the Mail Service section, verify that Outlook Live is listed as your recommended mail service. If not, click More Options and select the option for Outlook Live.
  
• Click Continue.
  
• In Step 2 of 2: Create your administrator account, fill in all fields. In the Administrator account field, provide a user name for the administrator. The domain that you are enrolling is automatically appended to create a new Windows Live ID for the administrator.
  Note   We recommend that you create an account to use specifically for domain administration and do not use the alias that you will use for your personal e-mail. You can create additional administrator accounts. However, the first administrator account is the only one that is granted full administrative access to all management interfaces.
  
• In the Create a password field, type the password to use with the administrator's Windows Live ID. Type the password again in the Retype password field.
  
• Provide the contact information for the owner of the administrator account.
  
• In the Characters field, type the characters that you see in the box. If you have trouble reading the characters, you can click the speaker symbol for an audio version, or on the update symbol to generate a different set of characters.
  
• Review the Microsoft Service Agreement and Privacy Statement, and the Microsoft Live@edu and Custom Domains/Admin Center terms of use, and then click I accept.
  
• A welcome message appears and a confirmation e-mail is sent to the administrator at the e-mail address that you provided. Click Continue to connect to the Live@edu Service Management Portal where administrators manage all aspects of the Live@edu service for their domain. If you decide not to complete domain configuration now, the confirmation e-mail includes the information that you need to return later.
  

After you have enrolled your organization with Microsoft Live@edu, create a DNS record to prove domain ownership. The Home page of the Live@edu Service Management Portal displays the information you need to create this record. For step-by-step directions, see Prove Domain Ownership for Live@edu.

Note:
While you are waiting for ownership of your domain to be proved, you can create only a limited number of mailboxes, mail users, external contacts, and distribution groups. You must wait at least 24 hours, one business day, after verification before you create more than 450 mailboxes, 50 mail users, 50 external contacts, or 50 distribution groups.

Your domain status will be displayed as pending until the DNS updates are confirmed. After your domain status changes to Active, you can configure your domain. For instructions, see Configure Your Live@edu Domain.