Google Workspace

Google Workspace (formerly Google G Suite, Google Apps) provides a number of services (email, docs, calendar, etc) you can setup on your domain. It's most commonly used for email and you can connect your domain to it by following the steps below.

Verify Domain Ownership

Google requires you verify your domain's ownership before being able to use their services. This is done using a TXT record.

Step 1: Obtain TXT Record Value

1. Login to Google Workspace
2. Go through Google's Setup Tool to verify the domain.
3. When choosing a verification method, choose the TXT option (dns) and follow their steps to obtain your TXT value. It will be a long string that starts with "google-site-verification=...".

Step 2: Create TXT Record
Create the TXT record by following the steps below:

1. Login to your Control Panel at https://www.misk.com/cp/
2. Click on your Domain Name
3. Under Essentials in the top area, click DNS
4. Click Add Record and select TXT
5. Leave the Subdomain field blank
6. Enter the TXT value from Google under Details
7. Click Add

Step 3: Complete the Verification
Return to your Google Workspace dashboard and continue through their setup wizard to complete the verification and setup email, etc.

Connect to Google's Email

Step 1: Create MX Records
Setup MX records to point the domain to Google's email service.

1. Login to your Control Panel at https://www.misk.com/cp/
2. Click on your Domain Name
3. Under Essentials in the top area, click DNS
4. Under Incoming Mail Servers, click Edit
5. Replace Server Name with smtp.google.com and Priority with 1. Remove any extra MX records.
6. Click Save

Step 2: Create SPF Record

1. In your control panel, click on your Domain Name
2. Under Essentials in the top area, click DNS
3. Click the Edit button for the dns record with a blank Subdomain, Type as TXT, and Details starting with "v=spf1". That is your SPF record.
4. Replace the Text value with your new SPF record: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
5. Click Save

Step 3: Create DKIM Record

1. Obtain your DKIM record values from Google by following Google Workspace Setup DKIM
2. In your control panel, click on your Domain Name
3. Under Essentials in the top area, click DNS
4. Click Add Record and select TXT
5. Enter the Subdomain as google._domainkey
6. Enter the TXT record value that starts with v=DKIM1 from Google under Details
7. Click Add

How Long will the Change Take?