# Microsoft 365 with Ruachost

> Use Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel on your own domain. How to order Microsoft 365 from Ruachost, connect your domain and add users.

Source: https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/workspace-365/microsoft-365-with-ruachost/

**Microsoft 365** gives your team Outlook email on your own domain (`you@yourcompany.com`), plus Teams, OneDrive, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, depending on the plan. You can order and pay for it through Ruachost.

## Order Microsoft 365

1. Go to [ruachost.com](https://ruachost.com) and choose a Microsoft 365 plan.
2. Choose the number of users (licences) and the billing period.
3. Complete checkout. You'll get an email with your Microsoft 365 admin login.

You can add licences later from **Services → My Services** in the client area.

## Connect your domain

1. Sign in to the [Microsoft 365 admin center](https://admin.microsoft.com).
2. Go to **Settings → Domains → Add domain** and enter your domain.
3. Microsoft gives you a **TXT verification record** (`MS=ms…`). Add it in your DNS, then click **Verify**. If your domain uses Ruachost's nameservers, add records in **Domains → Manage DNS** in the client area, or cPanel's **Zone Editor**.
4. Microsoft then shows the records your domain needs. Copy the exact values from the admin center. They usually look like this:

| Type | Name | Value | Priority |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MX | `@` | `yourdomain-com.mail.protection.outlook.com` | 0 |
| CNAME | `autodiscover` | `autodiscover.outlook.com` | |
| TXT | `@` | `v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all` | |

5. **Remove your old MX records**, so mail only goes to Microsoft 365.
6. Turn on **DKIM** in the Microsoft Defender portal (**Email & collaboration → Policies → Email authentication settings → DKIM**). Add the two CNAME records it shows, then enable signing.
7. Add a DMARC record. See [Setting up DMARC](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/cpanel-email/setting-up-dmarc/).

> **Only one SPF record:**
If your domain already has an SPF record, add `include:spf.protection.outlook.com` to it instead of creating a second one.

### If your website is hosted with us

Mail sent from your website or cPanel to your own domain may still be delivered locally instead of to Microsoft 365. In cPanel, open **Email Routing**, select your domain and choose **Remote Mail Exchanger**.

## Add users

In the admin center, go to **Users → Active users → Add a user**, and assign each one a licence.

## Moving existing email

Microsoft 365 can import mailboxes from another IMAP provider, including your old Ruachost email, using **IMAP migration** in the Exchange admin center (**Migration → Add migration batch → IMAP migration**). Do this before or right after changing the MX records.

## Related articles

- [Which Ruachost email do I have?](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/which-ruachost-email-do-i-have/)
- [New Outlook for Windows not connecting](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/new-outlook-not-connecting/)