Setting for custom domain with Office365 already working

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  maldiviancf · Member · Jun 30, 2020 at 10:23 am

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  Hi,

  I have purchased a domain from my county’s registrar. My domain is http://www.mcf.org.mv. I have not purchased any hosting yet and therefore the domain is set to default nameservers.

  After getting the domain, I have setup email and MS Office through Office365. For this I have setup several CNAME, MX, SRV and TXT records. Now I would like to setup my website on wordpress.com. I plan to start with a Personal subscription to wordpress.com and have the website at this domain.

  I would like to know how I would setup the wordpress.com site to point to my domain http://www.mcf.org.mv without it affecting the settings for Office365 services.

  Thanks in advance for helping me out.

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  staff-doublebassd · Staff · Jun 30, 2020 at 4:09 pm

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  Hi there,

  Thanks for reaching out. We have step by step instructions on how to add email through Office 365 to your WordPress.com site:

  https://wordpress.com/support/add-email/add-email-through-office-365/

  Please take a look at these instructions and let me know if you have any questions.

  Thanks,

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  maldiviancf · Member · Jun 30, 2020 at 4:22 pm

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  Hi,

  Thanks for the info.

  As I mentioned, I already have email set up through Office365.

  Now I am looking to host the website on wordpress.com under a Personal or Premium plan. For that I would need to do some DNS settings on my domain. But I am worried that changing some DNS setting might effect my email settings.

  So, I would like to know how to do the DNS Setting without it effecting my email settings to host the website on wordpress.com using my existing domain.

  Thanks

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 30, 2020 at 4:59 pm

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  Right, if you already have email through Office 365, you’ll follow the same steps after moving the domain.

  Just start at https://wordpress.com/support/add-email/add-email-through-office-365/#verify-your-domain-name in this case.

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  maldiviancf · Member · Jun 30, 2020 at 5:22 pm

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  My domain is registered at Dhiraagu.com.mv. I want to keep the domain with them. I do not wish to transfer it to wordpress.com

  I already have email set up through office 365. I manage it through Microsoft dashboard. I want to keep it that way and not manage it through WordPress.com

  I only want to host the website at wordpress.com. For that I would need to change Nameserver or some DNS setting.

  I just want to be sure that this will not effect my email.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 30, 2020 at 5:29 pm

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  Right, you don’t have to transfer anything to us.

  After the domain is directed to us by changing your name servers, please follow the steps starting at https://wordpress.com/support/add-email/add-email-through-office-365/#verify-your-domain-name to insure that email through Office 365 is still functioning under your domain.

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  maldiviancf · Member · Jun 30, 2020 at 7:35 pm

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  Thanks all. I will try that and see. Fingers crossed. :)