(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Advanced way to check domain availability for Office 365 and Azure

Today’s Tip…

This is an extension of a previous tip.

 

Another way to check if domain is available by copying and pasting the following URL string to a web browser:

https://login.microsoftonline.com/getuserrealm.srf?login=user@contoso.com&xml=1

Note - Replace the “bolded” part with the domain you want to check.

Review the results and really pay attention to the NameSpaceType value.

 

Scenario: If the domain does not exist in Office 365/Azure AD…

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<RealmInfo Success="true">

<State>4</State>

<UserState>1</UserState>

<Login>user@fakedomain.com</Login>

<NameSpaceType>Unknown</NameSpaceType>

</RealmInfo>

 

Scenario: Domain is verified and not federated…

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<RealmInfo Success="true">

<State>4</State>

<UserState>1</UserState>

<Login>user@williamfiddes.com</Login>

<NameSpaceType>Managed</NameSpaceType>

<FederationBrandName>WILLIAMFIDDES.COM</FederationBrandName>

</RealmInfo>

 

Scenario: Domain is verified and federated…

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<RealmInfo Success="true">

<State>1</State>

<UserState>2</UserState>

<Login>user@willfid.msftonlinerepro.com</Login>

<NameSpaceType>Federated</NameSpaceType>

<DomainName>WILLFID.MSFTONLINEREPRO.COM</DomainName><FederationGlobalVersion>-1</FederationGlobalVersion>

<AuthURL>https://sts.willfid.msftonlinerepro.com/adfs/ls/</AuthURL>

<IsFederatedNS>true</IsFederatedNS>

<STSAuthURL>https://sts.willfid.msftonlinerepro.com/adfs/services/trust/2005/usernamemixed</STSAuthURL><FederationTier>0</FederationTier>

<FederationBrandName>WILLFID.MSFTONLINEREPRO.COM</FederationBrandName>

<AllowFedUsersWLIDSignIn>false</AllowFedUsersWLIDSignIn>

<Certificate>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</Certificate>

<MEXURL>https://sts.willfid.msftonlinerepro.com/adfs/services/trust/mex</MEXURL>

<SAML_AuthURL/>

<PreferredProtocol>1</PreferredProtocol>

<EDUDomainFlags>0</EDUDomainFlags>

</RealmInfo>

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 30, 2017
  Thanks for this.interestingly I have users in the same OU, with the same UPN suffix, some are as scenario 1 (so not working) and others are state 3, userstate2 and working as expected.