Set up Microsoft 365 Business Standard with a new or existing domain

When you purchase Microsoft 365 Business Standard, you can add a domain. The domain can be one you already own or a new one that you purchase. For more information about signing up for Microsoft 365 Business Standard, see Sign up for Microsoft 365 Business Standard. This article explains how to set up your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription with a domain. By the end of this article, your domain will be connected and users can send and receive business email.

Set up Microsoft 365 for business

Before you begin

To add, modify, or remove domains, you must be a Domain Name Administrator.

Watch: Add an existing domain to your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription

Watch: Set up business email with a new domain

Add an existing domain to your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription

1. If you don't have a Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription yet, sign up for one by following the steps in Sign up for Microsoft 365 Business Standard.

2. Once you're signed up for Microsoft 365 Business Standard, follow the steps in the article Add a custom domain to Microsoft 365 to add a domain to your account. These steps also guide you through the process of connecting your domain to Microsoft 365 by adding the necessary DNS records.

Add users and assign licenses

Assigning licenses to your users gives them access to the services included in your subscription. After you add your domain, you can add users and assign licenses to them through the Microsoft 365 admin center. To add users and assign licenses, follow the steps in Add users and assign licenses.

If your subscription already has existing users, make sure that licenses are also assigned to them.

Set up users with Microsoft 365 services

For steps on setting up your users on Microsoft 365 services such as Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive, see User quick setup in Microsoft 365 for business.

For more information, see the following articles:

• Set up Outlook for Microsoft 365 for business email.
• Set up OneDrive included with Microsoft 365.

Watch: Set up Outlook for email

The following video shows how to set up Outlook for email with your Microsoft 365 Business Standard subscription:

Watch: Import and redirect email

The following video shows how to import your previous email, calendar, and contacts from previous email accounts into your new Microsoft 365 account:

Import email

In Outlook, you can import your previous email, calendar, and contacts from previous email accounts into your new Microsoft 365 account.

1. Export your old email account to create a backup file:

   1. In Outlook, select File > Open & Export > Import/Export.

   2. Select Export to a File and then follow the steps to export your Outlook data. The exported data is saved as a .pst file.

2. After exporting your old email account, import the data into your new Microsoft 365 account:

   1. In Outlook, select File > Open & Export > Import/Export.

   2. Select Import from another program or file. Follow the steps to import the backup .pst file you created when you exported your old email.

For more information, see Move your old email, calendars, and contacts to Microsoft 365.

You can also use the Exchange admin center to import users' email. For more information, see Ways to migrate multiple email accounts to Microsoft 365 or Office 365.

Invite users to join your subscription and organization

After you set up your organization on Microsoft 365, invite other users to join your Microsoft 365 business subscription so they can access all the features of the subscription. For more information, see Invite users to my subscription.

To join your organization and subscription, users can follow the steps in the following articles:

• Accept an email invitation.
• Accept an email invitation using an Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, or other account (User).

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