The problem - got registered in business standard with a domain that I could not avoid.
While I was applying for a discount I have accidentally created domains that I did not like.
creation.onmicrosoft.com was my intended domain, but after some glitches, I ended up with creation6.onmicrosoft.com.
Further to this I have integrated creation.com and set up my office 365 mail.
I was informed by microsoft that I have to start from scratch and I have no idea how to delete the creation.onmicrosoft.com domain so that I can re-register from the beginning.
The question
Is it possible to do a switch of the onmicrosoft.com domain without the number as it looks really unprofessional in my share point.i.e. Switch from creation6.onmicrosoft.com to creation.onmicrosoft.com as this is an additional custom domain that I have registered?
The share point that I have from the domain (creation6.onmicrosoft.com) is really unsightly and not professional
What I did -
I called support - they said not possible, register from the beginning.
I tried deleting via Azure but it reads bad error. But I could not release the domain - creation.onmicrosoft.com
I did abit of research and found the Powershell method to rename but I am a Mac user.
You can register and assign a custom domain instead of using the onmicrosoft.com domain. See Add a domain to Microsoft 365 for more information about that.
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Has anyone found a way to use the Azure AD sign in page without the domain name?
For example, oscar instead of oscar#tenant.onmicrosoft.com.
I already am aware of using the "login_hint" parameter; however, I'd like to the user to not see the "#tenant.onmicrosoft.com" at all. I think it would lead to confusion.
Also, I want to avoid creating a custom page & having access to the username/password by using the UserCredential type and AcquireToken method. See this for reasons.
The domain name (#tenant.onmicrosoft.com) is going to be a deal breaker for my employer. They don't want to see it and I can understand why.
There is absolutely no way to avoid using of #domain with the login at Azure AD.
However, you are not forced to use #tenant.onmicrsoft.com - you can freely configure your own domain and have users login with #mycompany.com. You have to make your employer think in 21st century, not in middle ages of early Internet access.
We have Single Sign-on working for a test application in Azure, using Azure Active Directory and the on-premise server running DirSync to synchronise the user details.
I have added a Custom Domain and verified it, by adding TXT records to the DNS entries at my registrar's website. In order to do this, I followed advice (from stackoverflow questions) that I needed to untick the option that said "I plan to configure this domain for single sign-on with my local Active Directory", in order to gain access to the additional information that allows me to prove ownership of the domain.
As a result, the domain has been verified and Azure recognises this, allowing me to see the domain as being 'verified', but the Single Sign-On value for this custom domain is set to 'Not Planned'.
The problem is now, I want to be able to re-tick that check box, and enable this domain to be used with the single sign-on, as I don't want to have to tell my users to use their log-in email addresses as 'username#something.onmicrosoft.com' as they'll never get it and will pester me to change it.
So, my question is: Is there a way to re-tick this box, and change the status of this field away from that of 'Not Planned', and (hopefully) to allow my users to sign in using their username#domain.com instead?
I have tried to remove the domain and re-add it, but Azure stops me from deleting it, as it's probably already well utilised in the rest of the processes. Also, I have no ability (or at least that's how it seems!) to go back into this custom domain within Azure and modify it.
UPDATE: I have tried to Deactivate the Directory Integration directory sync - this allows me to adjust the sync'd user's email addresses, but they're reverted back to .onmicrosoft.com once the sync is Activated again.
UPDATE 2: I have tried to install PowerShell to remotely administer the custom domain to becoming active, but I just cannot connect, despite several hours of trying.
If you added (and verified) a domain without ticking the checkbox, your domain is considered "standard", or "managed". You can convert this domain to a "federated" domain with the Convert-MsolDomainToFederated cmdlet from the Azure Active Directory PowerShell module:
Convert-MsolDomainToFederated -DomainName "contoso.com"
Tip for next time: After you add the domain with the single sign-on tick, you can run the following to get the DNS records to verify the domain:
Get-MsolDomainVerificationDns -DomainName "contoso.com"
When running Sharepoint (WSS 3.0) with Windows Authentication (NTLM), external users must supply their usernames in the form of DOMAIN\username. This makes sense, because you could have multiple domains, trusts between them, etc. However in my case, I only have one domain, and I want my users to be able to logon with their pure username only. Is there any way to configure Sharepoint with a default logon-Domain to get this to work?
Changing the authentication to basic or forms is not an option for me.
That's a windows/IIS issue rather than something specific to sharepoint.
You can find a more detailed explanation at http://forums.iis.net/t/1151401.aspx but basically it's impossible due to the the design of integrated authentication - the client has to know the domain before the server is contacted.
The closest you get to a default domain is local logins on the server - potentially a solution if users are truly external.
Realize that some browsers can be configured to automatically provide NTLM credentials. For example, IE can do this. I believe by default it will for sites in the Local Intranet and maybe even for Trusted sites (if not, you can change it so it will).
There is software out there for pushing these settings (policies) out to users if their computer is a part of your domain.
Can MOSS integrate and get user profiles from multiple Active Directory and/or LDAP stores?
I have seen from Integrating Microsoft SharePoint Server With Oracle Virtual Directory that there may be intermediary products that can help with this.
It looks like Rohati has a solution as well, but is the out of the box without third party products?
Cannot answer for non-AD LDAPs but with with multiple forests where you have a trust, one-way will work, it is no big problem.
You need to do two things, add the people to the people picker, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262051.aspx, and then run a command to import the user profile information, link on above link. Besure to run the command also on your MySites so that profile is correct.
Alot more information can be found by searching for sharepoint and multiple forests.
Here is one solution SharePoint AD Information Sync, which can let you export AD user files into list. However, the trouble is you need know it just can get user profiles from Active Directory but can not LDAP stores and I am not sure it can do that from multiple Active Directory.
Anyway, it is a ugly solution. Maybe helpful to you.
One way would be to extend your website application and to attach different providers to different zones. I think there're should be something like LDAP Membership Provider you can use. But I guess that's not what you're looking for.
Another way would be to build your own Membership Provider which internally retrieves users, groups from multiple sources.
Our client found a SharePoint 2007 Shared Services Provider User Profile Importer from CodePlex that may help too.
Since the web.config entries only have one entry for hostname, port, userContainer, etc..., it is hard to see how you can do that without using a third party virtual directory product. Oracle can do it but so can Symlabs or OptimalId and probably any other VD on the market. Those are not free. But Penrose is a free LDAP Proxy and my guess is that you should be able to do it with Penrose too.
I've got a problem where I have a .co.uk domain of which I am the registrant but my web developers control the domain via easyspace.com. I'm not using the web developers anymore and it ended on bad terms so I would like to change my domain to another registrar without getting them involved. Does anyone know how I can do this?
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In order to do anything with your domain, you need to be a registered user for it. for every domain, there 4 types of registered user:
Registrant/Owner
Administrative Contact
Billing Contact
and Technical Contact
If you do a whois look-up of your domain name you can see if you are one of those registered users.
If you are, you should be able to contact the Registrar of record (i.e. GoDaddy, Network Solutions, GKG, etc.) and gain an account control login if you do not already have a login for them.
Once you have an account, you can change the Name Servers thereby pointing your site to a different server than it is currently, or initiate a transfer to a new registrar (which costs money - typically the price of a 1 year registration)
Tell them to give you control of it. You're not asking them to do something for you, you're just demanding them to hand over what's yours (assuming the domain is yours).
If you own the domain name, you should be able to change the information with the registrar to point it at another hosting service or your own.
Change your domain host to point to a new name server that you control.
You may lose your web site code but can always start a fresh.