Configure the DNS for Office 365 in cPanel

For cPanel systems you can now have Office 365 automatically configure your DNS records. This can be a very quick and painless process.

To set up Microsoft Office 365, login to cPanel, then add/update the following DNS records for the domain(s) in question:

# Record Type TXT
example.com.au.   3600  TXT   MS=ms000000
example.com.au.   3600  TXT   "v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all"

# Record Type MX
example.com.au.   300   MX    0 example-com-au.mail.protection.outlook.com.

# Record Type CNAME
autodiscover             3600  CNAME autodiscover.outlook.com.
sip                      3600  CNAME sipdir.online.lync.com.
lyncdiscover             3600  CNAME webdir.online.lync.com.
msoid                    3600  CNAME clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net.
enterpriseregistration   3600  CNAME enterpriseregistration.windows.net.
enterpriseenrollment     3600  CNAME enterpriseenrollment.manage.microsoft.com.

# Record type SRV
_sip._tls                3600  SRV   100 1 443   sipdir.online.lync.com.
_sipfederationtls._tcp   3600  SRV   100 1 5061  sipfed.online.lync.com.

Notes:

• The MS record shown in red is a number supplied by Microsoft as part of the verification process.
• The MX record contains the domain name as a prefix, with periods replaced by hyphens.
• SPF, Once it has been approved and active with Office 365 you will need to add in your webserver IP to the SPF record. “v=spf1 +a include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all”