Problem with creating a personalised email address

Serena White 0 Reputation points
2026-11-09T09:16:17.7466667+00:00

I have a domain linked to GoDaddy. I have created a personalised email for myself and it works well. I'm trying to create one for my wife (who shares the sub). In her profile it see the domain, says 'create personalised email' but when you add the name and click NEXT it gives an error message.

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  1. Serena White 0 Reputation points
    2026-11-10T19:27:23.65+00:00

    Thank you for your help. As I said I have the personalised email and my wife is told she can personalised but is unable to.Yes we were set up before the feature was discontinued. I need Microsoft to look at it but it is a nightmare - where can I get support?

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  2. Lychee-Ng 30,565 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-11-10T07:52:56.08+00:00

    I understand why this is confusing, Serena White.

    Just a small question, you said you successfully created an account before, when did it happen? Because latest information is that Microsoft no longer allows new personalised email addresses to be created for Outlook.com using a connected GoDaddy domain.

    If yours was created before Microsoft retired this feature, then it could explain what's happening. Existing personalised email addresses can continue to work, which is why yours is unaffected. But your wife cannot create a new one through the same Microsoft 365 Family setup.

    If you need to create a new mailbox for your wife using that domain, the practical option now is to move the domain's email hosting to a Microsoft 365 Business plan that supports it. With a business subscription, the custom domain can be added to Microsoft 365 and individual users can have addresses on that domain.

    If you believe your wife's address should already have been eligible, then this would need to be checked by Microsoft Support. Microsoft Q&A is a user-to-user forum, so we cannot see the provisioning/status of the personalised domain on your Microsoft accounts from here.

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