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Microsoft no longer support custom domian emails for free
Guess they decided to take the Google route:
Dear Outlook.com Customer,
We want to inform you of some important changes to the Windows Live Admin Center: As of April 10th 2014, Outlook.com no longer supports new custom domain sign ups. We appreciate that you have used this service and we regret to inform you of this change. This email will explain the upcoming changes and your options as a valued customer.
As a current customer, we will continue to support the ability to log in to Outlook.com with your existing custom domain email address, but as of July 31st 2014, you will no longer be able to add or remove accounts in your domain.
Instead, we recommend that administrators who wish to continue managing email addresses in their domain should consider Office 365 - Microsoft's premium online email service. By migrating to Office 365, you will be able to continue managing your custom domains, as well as benefit from modern enterprise-class mail, collaboration and communication tools.
We would like to offer you a complimentary 90 day subscription to Office 365 Small Business Premium for 5 users if you sign up before July 15th 2014. Office 365 Small Business Premium includes the latest copy of Office for your PC / Mac & iPad, 50GB business-class email, OneDrive for Business online storage and more.
You will still be able to log in to Outlook.com with your custom domain during your Office 365 subscription, and even if you choose to cancel your Office 365 subscription.
How to redeem this offer
Click here to be taken to the Office 365 sign-up form. Your subscription will already be selected and all you need to do is confirm the transaction.
How to migrate your account
You can find a step-by-step guide to migrating your account here.
Sincerely,
The Outlook.com Team
Comments
Yea, most of us already know. I now operate my own mail server.
How surprising... Knew this was just a test run and a PR stunt for further paid product...
That was a long PR stunt, if I am not mistaken they were the first to offer custom domains. But then I assume you think Google only pulled a PR stunt as well .....
next to pull PR stunt would be yandex? i guess...
Old news
I received the email an hour ago.
Guess I was not up-to-date on this one...or just too unimportant to M$
Look a thread here, I don't know if it is a month or 2 months old
they resent the same email again. The first email was like quite some while ago
I'm not sure about that...I thought Gmail offered them years ago. Outlook.com is a fairly recent product that came along with the O365 stuff, no?
I don't really know, just my vague memory.
Custom Domains predates Outlook.com by many years. It used (and still uses) the old Windows Live branding and, until it was retired, the Hotmail interface. I know it was around as early as 2005 and it may well have been available before then.
The 90s called again
As Dylan already mentioned, custom domains went back as early as 2005.
Mail.ru BIZ #winning .