We've just released Version 3.0 of Custom Domains. We have decided to change the service name to Windows Live Admin Center. We're changing the name to better reflect our features and capabilities, but don't worry, Admin Center is still where you access the same great features you did with Custom Domains.We're excited to introduce the ability for you to customize services like Windows Live Hotmail® with your own logo. Now your domain users will see your organization logo every time they check their email. Just select the co-branding link in the left navigation to get started.You can still access the service at domains.live.com though you can expect to eventually be redirected to admincenter.live.com.We appreciate your business and look forward to continue bringing you new improvements to this service.Thanks for your understanding as we transition to our new name.The Windows Live Admin Center Team

Last week we released Version 2.0 of Custom Domains. Test drive the new features at https://domains.live.com. Here are the major highlights of this release: We now support "e-mail optional" domains, whcih means you can register a domain with us to host Windows Live ID's without changing your e-mail provider. This was a popular request for domain owners who wanted to use our service for Live Messenger services without moving their e-mail service. Custom Addresses – add friendly names in your domain that are backed by Windows Live services. For example, the domain "mail.mydomain.com" can point to the URL where you host your e-mail, such as http://mail.live.com. More information on member accounts – You can see when accounts are created and if your members

The team has been busy working on the Custom Domains service, getting ready for a big release later this summer. We've just released a new version of the SDK V2.0 Beta that adds 12 new methods to help you manage your domains programatically. You can download the SDK here.   The SDK is in English only.   We would appreciate any comments or suggestions on the SDK, and would love to engage with a limited set of cusotmers to test this version of the SDK. Please email us at dsupport@microsoft.com if you have feedback or want to be in our limited Beta SDK program.   Thanks, Custom Domains Team

Today we released the newest version of Custom Domains for you to try out. Visit the site at https://domains.live.com. We have added some new features and incorporated comments from you in this release. We hope you'll agree that this is the best release to date. Here are the major highlights of this release: We now support all TLD's and ccTLD's. You can register subdomains (a domain that is part of a larger domain) with our service. As an example, you could host mail in your primary domain promotehumanity.com as well as your subdomain mail.promotehumanity.com, or both. We've improved the Open Membership experience. You can interactively create html code and preview it before you add this to your web site. We now offer integration of domains for sale, which includes automatically configuring the service. This feature will initially be available in the US English market with other countries and languages added as partners are onboarded. We've improved our error messages and added better Help content. We'll be adding online communities to our Help very soon. Many other improvements based on your feedback, including immediate recycle of acounts and on-the-spot e-mail upgrades to Windows Live Mail Beta after logging into your Hotmail account (available in select markets). We hope you enjoy the improved service. We still value your feedback and encourage you to visit our feedback site and our developer site.Thank you,WLCD Team