{"id":106,"date":"2019-02-22T15:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/?p=106"},"modified":"2019-02-22T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:23:48","slug":"how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","title":{"rendered":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Azure AD directory comes with an initial domain name like &#8220;domainname.onmicrosoft.com&#8221;.<br> You can add you custom domain to Azure AD if you don&#8217;t want to use the default domain.<br> Find below the steps to add custom domain name to Azure AD..<code>&lt;<\/code><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, you have to login to Azure portal with an account tha has global administrator for the directory.<br> In the left pane, click Azure Active Directory, Custom domain names, and then Add Custom domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1200x582.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the right pane type your custom domain name and then select Add domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2.jpg 309w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2-150x300.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 85vw, 309px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.jpg 870w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3-768x188.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now you have to verify your custom domain name. To do that, you have to create a TXT or an MX record to the DNS server that hosts the domain name zone, as you can see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4.jpg 674w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After you create the dns record, now you can click Verify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now your domain has been verified and you can look forward to use it inside the Azure AD service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5.jpg 589w, https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 85vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Azure AD directory comes with an initial domain name like &#8220;domainname.onmicrosoft.com&#8221;. You can add you custom domain to Azure AD if you don&#8217;t want to use the default domain. Find below the steps to add custom domain name to Azure AD..&lt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,49],"tags":[6,22],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cloud","category-microsoft-azure-cloud","tag-active-directory","tag-azure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every Azure AD directory comes with an initial domain name like &#8220;domainname.onmicrosoft.com&#8221;. You can add you custom domain to Azure AD if you don&#8217;t want to use the default domain. Find below the steps to add custom domain name to Azure AD..&lt;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gregory Klonis IT Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gklonis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gklonis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gklonis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gklonis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"gklonis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04\"},\"headline\":\"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Active Directory\",\"Azure\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cloud\",\"Microsoft Azure\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\",\"name\":\"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1366,\"height\":662},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/\",\"name\":\"Gregory Klonis IT Blog\",\"description\":\"IT Infrastructure Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04\",\"name\":\"gklonis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Removal-489.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Removal-489.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":136,\"caption\":\"gklonis\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gklonis\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog","og_description":"Every Azure AD directory comes with an initial domain name like &#8220;domainname.onmicrosoft.com&#8221;. You can add you custom domain to Azure AD if you don&#8217;t want to use the default domain. Find below the steps to add custom domain name to Azure AD..&lt;","og_url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","og_site_name":"Gregory Klonis IT Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/","article_published_time":"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"gklonis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gklonis","twitter_site":"@gklonis","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gklonis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory"},"author":{"name":"gklonis","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04"},"headline":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory","datePublished":"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg","keywords":["Active Directory","Azure"],"articleSection":["Cloud","Microsoft Azure"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory","name":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory &#8226; Gregory Klonis IT Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-1024x496.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-22T13:44:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-22T14:23:48+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1.jpg","width":1366,"height":662},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/how-to-add-custom-domain-name-to-azure-active-directory#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/","name":"Gregory Klonis IT Blog","description":"IT Infrastructure Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/94626c43ab702708882d359305b7fd04","name":"gklonis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Removal-489.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cropped-Removal-489.png","width":240,"height":136,"caption":"gklonis"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/greg.klonis.gr","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gklonis\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gklonis\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.klonis.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}