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Microsoft office 365 family version with own domain
Hello,
I haven't tried it myself yet, though it appears that a domain to be used for a family Microsoft 365 account need not be registered through Godaddy.
It appears that any domain can be used for this, regardless of the registrar it is registered through, based on this documentation page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/add-domain?view=o365-worldwide
That documentation actually specifies that the user used to set the custom domain must be a global administrator of a business or enterprise plan, which is of course, not what we are talking about, yet the fact that a Microsoft employee linked to it in reference to a question specifically about home family plans makes me think that it applies to such accounts as well. As well, it doesn't make sense that there would be such an odd restriction that these plans could not have custom domains.
Here is the post where the Microsoft employee references the documentation mentioned above:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_account-mso_win10-mso_365hp/setting-up-custom-domain-with-microsoft-365-family/dd7a3974-f5e6-4121-a412-ec06a2110d69
cc: boneyfrancis kusuriya
Hi michelamarie
The first message on this page reads
"To Add, modify or remove domains you must be a Global Administrator of a business or enterprise plan. These changes affect the whole tenant, Customized administrators or regular users won't be able to make these changes."
In other words this does not apply to Microsoft office 365 family version - I think
Thx for thinking with me on this.Microsoft office 365 family functions very poorly with own domain because messages I send are too often regarded as spam
