Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert MS-102 Practice Question
Contoso Ltd. hosts contoso.com with a third-party DNS provider and currently routes all email through an on-premises mail system. You are adding contoso.com to a Microsoft 365 tenant but must guarantee that production mail flow will be unaffected during the verification phase. Which change should you make in the external DNS zone before you finish the domain setup wizard?
Change the domain's authoritative NS records to Microsoft 365 nameservers.
Replace the current MX record with the Microsoft 365 MX endpoint assigned to the tenant.
Add a TXT record that contains the unique verification value supplied by Microsoft 365.
Create a CNAME record for autodiscover that points to autodiscover.outlook.com.
Microsoft 365 can verify domain ownership in three primary ways: by adding a TXT record (recommended), by adding an MX record, or by delegating the domain's NS records to Microsoft 365. Replacing the existing MX record or delegating the NS records would immediately shift mail routing toward Microsoft 365 because Microsoft publishes its own MX record once it becomes authoritative for the zone. A CNAME record for autodiscover is not used for verification at all. Adding only the TXT record publishes a harmless text string and leaves the current MX record untouched, guaranteeing that production email continues to flow through the on-premises system while the domain is verified.
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