Outlook.com Custom Domains Discontinued

[andshrew]

I use outlook.com with my own domain but I've just received an email from Microsoft saying they have discontinued the service for new customers and discontinuing the admin tools for existing customers come July.

It sounds like I can either continue as I am but with the risk that it is now an unsupported service with no tools to alter existing email accounts, or move to a different service. Microsoft's recommendation

Anyone moved their domain elsewhere or have any recommendations? I suppose Microsoft's hosted exchange seems to be the most logical move but almost seems a bit overkill for personal email.

 

[andshrew]

Thanks for the replies, I'm going to give Exchange Online a go.

Looking at these they all seem to be tailored around organisations and businesses - are you using these as an individual or for personal usage? The sign up form requires an organisation name, is it just a case of making something up or is there another way to sign up if it's for personal use?

 

[andshrew]

I'm a bit confused as it seems a Microsoft account and Office 365 account are two separate things.

So my current Microsoft account is my e-mail address. When I create the Office 365 account that will, presumably, also be my e-mail address. I've been reading this may cause a conflict when accessing services. Their suggestion is to change the primary alias of your Microsoft account to something else, but I can't do this due to it stating 'Your organisation's policies prevent you from changing your primary alias.'. I can only imagine this is something to do with me using my own domain with outlook.com.

Has anyone had this problem, or is it a non-issue?

 

[andshrew]

When you try and log in to an MS service and you have an Office 365 account that matches a Live Passport or whatever it's called now it will normally realise this and present you with an option to sign into either one of them.

Thanks Caged, I've set my trial up now with no problems so far.