Implementing Office 365

To start implementing Office 365, you will first need to set up an environment. As described in Chapter 2, Fundamentals of Office 365, you can use a trial tenant and later add final licenses to it, or you can create a new tenant for the project.

First, you need to set up the tenant, and there are a few basic steps to do this.

Adding a domain to Office 365

Verify your domain:

1. Sign in to Office 365 and go to the setup wizard at http://portal.office.com
2. Choose Setup on the Office 365 Admin center to start the wizard
3. Enter the domain name you want to use (such as yourdomainname.com):

4. You can also go through the Admin menu and navigate to Setup | Domains:

5. Add your domain name (for example, yourdomainname.com) and click Next
6. After adding the domain, you can use the verification code sent by email or follow the steps in the wizard to add a TXT or MX record (for more information, refer to https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-dns-records-at-any-dns-hosting-provider-for-office...