New-MsolDomain

Updated: July 30, 2015

Applies To: Azure, Office 365, Windows Intune

Note



  • The cmdlets were previously known as the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

The New-MsolDomain cmdlet is used to create a new domain object. This cmdlet can be used to create a domain with managed or federated identities, although the New-MsolFederatedDomain cmdlet should be used for federated domains in order to ensure proper setup.

Syntax

New-MsolDomain [-Authentication <DomainAuthenticationType>] [-Name <string>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

    -Authentication <DomainAuthenticationType>
        The authentication type (managed or federated) of the domain.  All 
        users created in this domain will have this authentication type.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -Name <string>
        The fully qualified name of the domain.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    -TenantId <Guid>
        The unique ID of the tenant to perform the operation on. If this is 
        not provided then the value will default to the tenant of the current 
        user. This parameter is only applicable to partner users.
        
        Required?                    false
        Position?                    named
        Default value                
        Accept pipeline input?       true (ByPropertyName)
        Accept wildcard characters?  false
        
    <CommonParameters>
        This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
        ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
        OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
        "get-help about_commonparameters".

Examples

Output is provided by Microsoft.Online.Administration.Domain. This cmdlet returns the details about the new domain.

Example 1

The following command creates a new domain with the name contoso.com. The domain must be verified before it can be used.

New-MsolDomain -Name contoso.com

Additional Resources

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See Also

Other Resources

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