Use of own domain name with Office 365 Home/Premium

Thanks GDAvila.

I think most of us all know that there are other Office365 options available at a higher cost.  The point here was that Microsoft seem to have overlooked the idea that a lot of families use their own domain name, rather than @outlook.com or @gmail.com.  It is cheap and convenient, especially if you decide at some point to change your email provider.  I was on Google and opted to change to Microsoft only to find out that I cannot add my domain unless I 'upgrade' to another O365 subscription, e.g. small business (which I am not).

As I said earlier in the thread, I happen to be fortunate to have a Google account which allowed me to add my domain back then.  So I am still using it and forwarding to my Microsoft account.  It is a work-around but not the ideal setup.

I just thought Microsoft should just look at what their customers are saying and take heed.  After all, it will not cost them anything to implement this :-)

You can buy the Exchange only plan.

It starts from $4/user/month.

Exchange Comparison and Prices

Wow I cannot believe I found this out of pure luck and random searching after speaking to several MS tech support people who have been way below par (even the local computer shop in the market can do better).

I too went out and purchased office 365 home premium with the assumption that you can add your own domain like majority of families out there but i was mistaken.

I wish i started the trial earlier than purchasing the whole damn year.

This is terrible and i hate to think what would happen if something went wrong as speaking to MS is extremely difficult.

My family use own domain. I would like to pay for Office 365 but I won't if I can't use Office365 with my domain. Microsoft should think about it.

I´m in the same situation. I have a custom domain for my family (4 users only) and I won't pay twice (US$ 20,00) just for the e-mail. They sad custom domain is going to continue without the option to create another accounts after the end of July. I'm going to wait for Microsoft to figure out that custom domains is not anymore just for business.

I also agree. My whole family use a dot com family address. I use mail forwarding from a hosting company but this can have some challenges. I would love to move my domain and sign up for office 365 home but if they can't handle my domain name then there is little benefit....

Nope they understand that there are many people who have family  domains. I would pay a one off setup fee (it would need to be relatively small though). so there is a commercial driver here.