How to setup or change Office 365 user login email address

The client has two domain names, username@domainA.com and username@domainB.com. Currently, the default login name is username@domainA.com. They would like to change the default login to username@domainB.com. This video shows how to change the Office 365 default login domain name.

1.Change the default email address

•Login Office 365 admin account.

•Go to Admin>Exchange admin center.

* Click on mailboxes under recipients

* Double-click on the user you want to change the default email address.

* Click on email address

* Setup default email address using SMTP type.

Note: If you have on-primer Active Directory and can’t make the change on Office 365, login your local Domain Controller to setup the default email address.

* You do that by going to User’s Properties>Attribute Editor>ProxyAddresses

* Search the user you want to make the change. 

* Click on the user.

* Click on Manage username

* Change the user’s domain and click on Save the change.

* You should receive Username updated popup which confirms the username has been updated from user@DomainA.com to user@DomainB.com

Also please refer to this post: How to change AD default login email address

Please view this step by step video:

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