How do I transfer domain name hosting from another provider to O365?

I am SO SO glad this person asked with SUCH amazing clarity....I have been attempting this since I began with MSO365 premium & I could not have put it any better...

WHY is it I understand precisely what they are asking and yet the very first reply was "your question is not very clear" umm no offense but YES IT IS:

They want MSO365 to hold their domain not godaddy, gobaby, go whatever other service they currently have it for ease of having all sorts of various apps /platforms holding different aspects of our needed functions..

MICROSOFT- hold our domain

MICROSOFT hold our EMAIL FOR OUR DOMAIN

MICROSOFT - please figure out a non-third party way to also create better 21st century web design other than 1980's front page that looks like IBM made it and pushed it into the 90s

MICROSOFT - if we can also transfer our actual DOMAIN to you WITH our email hosting, do we still have to pay additional registration costs every year or is it included in certain packages, and if so WHICH PACKAGES are domain registrations included in please?????

To me, this is pretty simple questions

EXACTLY as previous original question:

Please don't tell us:

Oh... and...

1. Please don't tell me how to buy a domain in O365. I know how to do that. My domains were bought outside of O365.
2. Please don't tell me to go to Setup->Domains and 'manage/add them from there', because this does not transfer the domain into Microsoft, it just adds the DNS to my hosting provider.

If the answer is that this is not possible, then can someone confirm this please?

Thanks.

OTHER THAN THIS...Rock on..

(this is a repost of a question which never had a proper answer and I have the same issue...)

I've found the way to create a new Domain Name using the "Buy Domain" button on the main dashboard under Setup->Domains.  I've also found the "Add Domain" button, that assumes that domain name hosting will remain elsewhere (walking me through how to verify my ownership).  What I'd like to do is instead Transfer the domain (as if I had bought it originally through O365).  That would make owning those domains far easier as I could then put them all in one place.

Clearly O365 can handle being the registered host for a domain name or they wouldn't have a "Buy Domain" workflow, so it seems that I'm missing the simple step of how to transfer from another provider to O365.

Searching the community shows questions that are multiple years out of date, so I figured I'd ask the question again.

How is this done?

The result that I'm looking for is that I end up paying MSFT for the registration fees for the domains each year rather than my current provider.

Thanks

Oh... and...

1. Please don't tell me how to buy a domain in O365. I know how to do that. My domains were bought outside of O365.
2. Please don't tell me to go to Setup->Domains and 'manage/add them from there', because this does not transfer the domain into Microsoft, it just adds the DNS to my hosting provider.

If the answer is that this is not possible, then can someone confirm this please?

Thanks.

Thanks Shawn - however you have misunderstood.

I know how to transfer domains between registrars and it requires work on both sides. One to release the domain and provide the transfer code from the sending registrar and then a process to initiate the receipt of the domain on the receiving side.

My question is that I cannot see how to receive a domain in O365. It looks like the only functions available are to:

1. Create a new domain with msft as the registrar
2. transfer the domain created in (1) out to another registrar that’s not msft.
3. use an existing domain which is held elsewhere

there’s no option to transfer *in* a domain...

PRECISELY smh geeeesh I think you are very very clear

Vote for the feature here:

https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/264636-general/suggestions/37273090-put-in-for-a-feature-for-direct-domain-transfer-fr

I use O365 Exchange hosting and my domain is hosted somewhere else.

The desire is to move the domain to be hosted by msft in the same manner as it would have been if i had clicked the ‘buy’ button from within O365 to add a domain to my O365 package.

Hi South74,

Thanks for the reply. I’m monitoring this thread by now. I have read the thread thoroughly and understand that you want to transfer domain name registrar hosting from another provider to Office 365 as a registrar (i.e. Wild West Domains LLC). If so, currently it’s not feasible to achieve your requirement.

If you think this feature is important and want Office 365 to include it. To help us improve our features, we welcome and encourage you to vote/share your ideas in the Office 365 UserVoice in that way understanding your experience helps us to make our product and service better for you and others. Our Office 365 team is actively monitoring this forum. We hope in the near future, this feature can be included.

Your time and understanding will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Shyamal