(Cloud) Tip of the Day: Use PowerShell to check domain availability for Office 365 and Azure
Today’s Tip…
To extend a previous tip on checking domain availability even further, one could use the following PowerShell function to check the domain name availability:
function Test-DomainAvailability {
param(
[Parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string]$DomainName
)
$descriptions = @{
Unknown = 'Domain does not exist in Office 365/Azure AD'
Managed = 'Domain is verified but not federated'
Federated = 'Domain is verified and federated'
}
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://login.microsoftonline.com/getuserrealm.srf?login=user\@$DomainName&xml=1"
if($response -and $response.StatusCode -eq 200) {
$namespaceType = ([xml]($response.Content)).RealmInfo.NameSpaceType
New-Object PSObject -Property @{
DomainName = $DomainName
NamespaceType = $namespaceType
Details = $descriptions[$namespaceType]
} | Select-Object DomainName, NamespaceType, Details
} else {
Write-Error -Message 'Domain could not be verified. Please check your connectivity to login.microsoftonline.com'
}
}
Usage examples:
Test-DomainAvailability -DomainName WILLFID.MSFTONLINEREPRO.COM
Test-DomainAvailability -DomainName WILLIAMFIDDES.COM
Test-DomainAvailability -DomainName FAKEDOMAIN.COM
Comments
- Anonymous
February 16, 2017
Domain and range errors are both used when dealing with mathematical function - Anonymous
January 16, 2019
This worked perfectly. Thank you!