Will a CNAME record do this?

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robjg63

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#319661 19-May-2025 14:31

I have access to our work DNS records via freeparking.

We have our own domain name (naturally) and a website hosted on Squarespace and Office 365 (our email via exchange 365).

We have created a Sharepoint intranet site that I would like to give a 'friendly' name to.

So for example if our top domain name is ourco.co.nz, can I create a CNAME record for intranet.ourco.co.nz that points to the Sharepoint site name?

The Sharepoint site name being something that looks like oursitelimited.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet

Is it just as simple as creating the CNAME record?

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#3374654 19-May-2025 14:59

CNAME wouldn't work in this case, as sharepoint won't know what to do with with intranet.ourco.co.nz.

You could however setup a basic website using intranet.ourco.co.nz which does a redirect to oursitelimited.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet

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#3374656 19-May-2025 15:07

Or use your existing site and set up a specific 'page' e.g. www.exisiting-site.co.nz/intranet which redirects to your intranet site (whether it's SharePoint or something else).

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#3374658 19-May-2025 15:10

OK - Thanks very much for the replies.

I suspected it probably wouldnt be as easy as I hoped.

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