20 Ad Domain Name Alias New

Enter the name of the domain you want to use as an alias.

Ad domain name alias. Enter the name of the domain. When you re done select save. Ad domain names are mainly used within ad operations mostly ldap queries for ad functionality while dns is rather a network level solution for name resolution on ip level to resolve the machines or application names to ip addresses.

For example if they re using your organization s domain name to open their email account it would help them remember their privileged access service user name if you used the. The domain alias summary page displays any existing domain name aliases that have already been set up for your domain. To add a domain alias to a secondary domain use the directory api.

If any click create to display the create domain alias page. If you have the legacy free edition of g suite the add a domain option isn t available. A request s successfully received message appears.

A canonical name record abbreviated as cname record is a type of resource record in the domain name system dns that maps one domain name an alias to another the canonical name. Wait 24 hours for the new aliases to populate throughout microsoft 365. Each domain name carries through the website in the address bar so each domain name looks like the real domain name for the site.

Creating an alias for long active directory domain names best practice dictates that you use a login suffix for active directory users that they are already using. The ad domain name is not the same as the dns name but they are linked. Only one can be used though not both as far as i know.

In manage domains click add domain alias. For example all mail sent to eliza hoffman s. When you set up a web hosting account it is set up for one domain name.