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Azure should be its own domain registrar

Windows Azure should offer domain registrar services so users don't have to maintain our domain names with a separate company. This also has the potential to greatly streamline the process of setting up a website on Azure.

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  • Anónimo commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is not planned for CY 2019 -> looks like it wasn't for 2020, what about 2021??? Do you reckon you are losing business here? Domains aren't free.

  • KH commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Short of becoming a domain registrar, it's bizarre you can register your own domain for the Azure App Service (via GoDaddy) in the Azure Portal but you cannot for any other scenario. Surely, the difference in work is not so great to extend it all over Azure.

  • Michael O'Leary commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree, if Azure was a domain registrar it would make it easier to keep everything in the same environment and automate.

  • che commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is the biggest gap with other public clouds. Please let up buy and host our domains in Azure.

  • John C commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It would be nice to have a streamlined user experience that asks for all the needed info to activate a static Azure website, instead of having to go to this page here, then another page over there, etc. We already have to wait up to 48 hours to see if it all works (can use DNS checker sites, I know). Just one page, and when done, a confirmation that Azure has all the info it needs to turn the site on when DNS records are replicated.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please consider making domain registration available there is just to much back and forth between the Third Party Azure to gte this to work propperly and thx

  • Eric-ITaaS commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree, would very much like to keep this in Azure instead of going to a registrar. Is there a way to transfer domains into Azure? All the transfer solutions/options are 2+ years old and the comments indicate that they no longer work.

  • BenTheBuilder commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    While I appreciate this is under review.. This is a huge miss for Azure as all other Public Clouds offer this service.

  • Bluetech commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    To be honest, this would be handy, but so far down the list of essential requirements. Considering such a tiny portion of the world is using a .com domain. There's so many different countries gTLD registries that they would need to sign up with as a registrar to offer this service and so much existing competition in the market as it is.
    I question really why this should be prioritised over some of the other far more important items on their todo list like zone transfers and the more essential security requirements of enabling DNSSEC that so many companies and country governments now have policies requiring their DNS zones to be enabled.
    So value for moneywise as a business, this should be so far down the list as non essential. Microsoft, focus on the important tasks first before this one.

  • Adam Stone commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Managing domains with a third party creates so much unnecessary work. If Microsoft is trying not to spoil a helpful partnership with GoDaddy, can't they just buy them and get past this already?

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