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nicni001
Copper Contributor
Apr 02, 2020

transfer Domain godaddy to microsoft 365

,I am having headache to transfer my domain from GoDaddy to Microsoft. I have 3 days and they said that the technician from Microsoft are still working. Andi it's amazing that they have 3 days for re...
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BenStegink
Steel Contributor
Apr 11, 2020
If you contact godaddy (like they are telling you) godaddy will remove the domain and you can almost immediately add it to a Microsoft tenant. I’ve done it multiple times and it take maybe 10-20 minutes on the phone.

Just be aware, when godaddy removes it, it will DELETE the tennant from godaddy, so make sure everything is migrated out of godaddy before making the switch.

As an additional note...everyone PLEASE stop getting Office 365 from godaddy, it only leads to messes in the future 🙂
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Matthew_Zebari
Copper Contributor
Sep 03, 2020

BenStegink  Wiser words have never been spoken. I initially signed up for Office 365 on Godaddy and it was a nightmare. I bit the bullet and transferred directly to MS. It's so devious the way you think you're getting Office365 but you don't realize Godaddy is the gatekeeper. Shouldn't be allowed. Wish I knew this two years ago. 

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    Jason_Sun_3144
    Copper Contributor
    Jan 18, 2024

    I have learned this in the hard way. Spent a couple of days to fix an issue with GodaddyMatthew_Zebari 

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    alesrs
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 11, 2020

    Matthew_Zebari Can't agree more MS shouldn't resell like they are doing with Godaddy.  I added license for Visio and couldn't assign or manage it since when I logged to the license administrator it took me to Godaddy and no way to use the license.  I had to call Microsoft and go through a labyrinth to get the licenses removed.