Exchange Online Migration From POP3
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@garak0410 well i hope you print the one form your portal not mine!
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@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
Step 3 Question real quick. When I connect users to O365, it will be my domainame.onmicrosoft.com account right and it will ALWAYS be that, even when DNS moves?
If your DNS is setup right with the autodiscovery url, you can use your correct domain name now, because that will not affect delivery of your mail. That is the MX Records. And since POP3 does not use autodiscovery, it will not cause any changes there either.
So, this having been said, should I make a move to CloudFlare now or just update these on my current POP3 providers DNS settings (sans MX record)...? The Advanced DNS settings with my POP3 provider doesn't' allow for the SRV type for sure...
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@garak0410 said:
So, this having been said, should I make a move to CloudFlare now or just update these on my current POP3 providers DNS settings (sans MX record)...?
You need to make the changes where ever your DNS is currently at. If you have already signed up and tested out CloudFlare, I would personally just move everything there now.
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@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
So, this having been said, should I make a move to CloudFlare now or just update these on my current POP3 providers DNS settings (sans MX record)...?
You need to make the changes where ever your DNS is currently at. If you have already signed up and tested out CloudFlare, I would personally just move everything there now.
Looks like I'll need to...current DNS (at POP3 provider) doesn't allow for SRV type...
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
You can move directly from the POP3 DNS to cloudflare.
Of course you can. But the Network solutions DNS seemed to already be setup, all he would need to do it take control back. I personally would just move them to CloudFlare first also, but I am comfortable with changing DNS stuff.
His screenshots showing the setup of DNS entries was from his POP3 CP, not Network Solution CP. If Network Solutions isn't your DNS provider, you can't even get to the page where you would manage DNS records.
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You don't need an SRV type for now. You only need to add the Autodiscover record for now.
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Assuming you want to move to Cloudflare, follow the setup sets I listed earlier, then tonight before you go home, log into Network Solutions and change the IPs for your DNS providers from your POP3 to the ones provided by Cloudflare.
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@Dashrender said:
You don't need an SRV type for now. You only need to add the Autodiscover record for now.
Got it...dang...ClloudFlare is pretty easy...it discovered everything from my current DNS provider...
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@garak0410 said:
@Dashrender said:
You don't need an SRV type for now. You only need to add the Autodiscover record for now.
Got it...dang...ClloudFlare is pretty easy...it discovered everything from my current DNS provider...
Wasn't expecting it to be that easy...so if it is safe to do this now, I will...otherwise, I'll wait until tonight...
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@garak0410 said:
Got it...dang...ClloudFlare is pretty easy...it discovered everything from my current DNS provider...
Makes life easy.
@Dashrender said:
You don't need an SRV type for now. You only need to add the Autodiscover record for now.
But it does not hurt to set it all up now, because the SRV record is an inclusive one, not a restrictive one. Or am I forgetting what the -all does.
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@JaredBusch said:
But it does not hurt to set it all up now, because the SRV record is an inclusive one, not a restrictive one. Or am I forgetting what the -all does.
The SRV record is for lync, not for SPF.
The TXT record is for old school SPF. As I learned here (or that other forum) there is now an official SPF record type, it's best to have both if you want to cover all bases, as older DNS servers won't recognize the newer SPF record type.
And you're right, if he's adding them to Cloudflare now, he might as well put them all in.
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@Dashrender said:
The SRV record is for lync, not for SPF.
Yes, I was thinking TXT record. Sorry to confuse.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
But it does not hurt to set it all up now, because the SRV record is an inclusive one, not a restrictive one. Or am I forgetting what the -all does.
The SRV record is for lync, not for SPF.
The TXT record is for old school SPF. As I learned here (or that other forum) there is now an official SPF record type, it's best to have both if you want to cover all bases, as older DNS servers won't recognize the newer SPF record type.
And you're right, if he's adding them to Cloudflare now, he might as well put them all in.
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
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@garak0410 said:
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
If everything is imported matching the POP3 provider, I would just do it now. because it will be transparent.
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On that note, AFK for lunch.
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@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
If everything is imported matching the POP3 provider, I would just do it now. because it will be transparent.
Great...going to proceed...
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@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
If everything is imported matching the POP3 provider, I would just do it now. because it will be transparent.
Agreed, as long as the settings are all the same, computers on the internet won't really see a difference.
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Here's a question that will help determine if you need to do more for autodiscover to work.
Let's assume your domain is acme.com for email
What is your domain name inside your network?
If your domain name is acme.com, then you will need to add a DNS entry internally to your DNS server for autodiscover just like you did at cloudflare.
If your domain name is something like acme.local, then you need to do nothing.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
If everything is imported matching the POP3 provider, I would just do it now. because it will be transparent.
Agreed, as long as the settings are all the same, computers on the internet won't really see a difference.
I noticed CloudFlare did not bring over autoconfig and autodiscover of the POP3 provider DNS settings...will add those with my autodiscover for O365.
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@garak0410 said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@garak0410 said:
And it is OK to proceed with CloudFlare now or better to wait until this evening?
If everything is imported matching the POP3 provider, I would just do it now. because it will be transparent.
Agreed, as long as the settings are all the same, computers on the internet won't really see a difference.
I noticed CloudFlare did not bring over autoconfig and autodiscover of the POP3 provider DNS settings...will add those with my autodiscover for O365.
Hit a snag...when adding the O365 autodiscover, it gave me this message:
You cannot add a CNAME record when there is already an A, AAAA, or CNAME record with the same 'name' value
The original autodiscover is an "A"...
