Measures reported by O365DomainTest
A domain is a unique name that appears after the @ sign in email addresses, and after www. in web addresses. It typically takes the form of your organization's name and a standard Internet suffix, such as yourbusiness.com or stateuniversity.edu.
Using a custom domain like “rob@contoso.com” with Office 365 can help build credibility and recognition for your brand.
To know what are the different domains in the monitored tenant and to determine the status, capabilities, and configuration of each domain, use the O365DomainTest test.
This test auto-discovers the domains in the monitored tenant and reports the type, status, capabilities, and verification method configured for each domain. Additionally, the test reveals the initial domain given for use by Office 365 and also its default domain setting. You can also use this test to know which domains are configured with root domains.
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each domain in the Office 365 tenant being monitored
First-level descriptor: Domain name
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Authent |
Indicates the authentication type of the domain. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Managed |
1 |
| Federated |
2 |
By default, any domain that is added to Office 365 is set as a Managed Domain by default. Managed domain is the normal domain in Office 365 online (Azure AD), which uses standard authentication. Federated Domain is a domain that is enabled for a Single Sign-On and configured to use Microsoft Active Directory Federation (ADFS).
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the authentication type of a domain. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
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| IsDefault |
Indicates whether/not this domain has been set as the default domain. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| True |
1 |
| False |
0 |
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate whether/not a domain is set as the default domain. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
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| IsInitial |
Indicates whether/not this domain is the initial domain given for use by Office 365. |
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The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| True |
1 |
| False |
2 |
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate whether/not a domain is the initial domain that Office 365 has given for use. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
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| Stat |
Indicates whether this domain is verified or unverified. |
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Before you set up Office 365 to use a custom domain name, you have to make sure that you own the domain. Otherwise, anyone could use any domain name they wanted to. For example, someone could use your domain name with Office 365 and say they were you! Verification is the process that proves to Office 365 that you own your domain.
If a domain is verified, then the value of this measure will be Verified. For an unverified domain, the value of this measure will be Unverified.
The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are discussed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Verified |
1 |
| Unverified |
0 |
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the domain status. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
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| VerifMethod |
Indicates the verification method using which the domain has been verified. |
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Before you set up Office 365 to use a custom domain name, you have to make sure that you own the domain. Otherwise, anyone could use any domain name they wanted to. For example, someone could use your domain name with Office 365 and say they were you! Verification is the process that proves to Office 365 that you own your domain.
In Office 365 domain verification was traditionally only available through DNS record validation. When adding a domain to Office 365 a domain verification text record or mx record was provided. This record would be added to your external DNS provider and after replication and global availability our queries would detect the presence of the record. When the record was detected the domain would be verified. Other verification methods also exist - eg., email validation.
If this domain was verified using DNS record validation, then the value of this measure will be DnsRecord. On the other hand, if any alternative verification method was used, then this measure will report the value Others.
The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are discussed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| DnsRecord |
1 |
| Others |
2 |
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the verification method. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only.
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| cap_cnt |
Indicates the number of capabilities configured for this domain. |
Number |
A domain can be assigned any of the following capabilities: These can be SharePoint, Email, or OfficeCommunicationsOnline. A domain with SharePoint capability cannot be used for other capabilities.
Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which capabilities have been enabled for the domain. |
| rootDom_cnt |
Indicates whether/not this domain is a root domain. |
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The numeric values that correspond to these measure values are discussed in the table below:
| Measure Value |
Numeric Value |
| Yes |
1 |
| No |
2 |
Note:
By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate whether/not a domain is the root domain. In the graph of this measure however, the same is indicated using the numeric equivalents only. |
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