Adding TXT (TEXT) DNS record using Godaddy DNS manager 

Just about all cloud services and other services such as acquiring SSL certificates or domain verification for certificates requires proving you have control of the domain. For example, just obtaining Microsoft Exchange online access requires verifying the domain. Digicert is another that provides as one of the methods to prove domain ownership and control TXT DNS record verification option. This works great and only requires creating a harmless TXT record to verify. 

In this case, what needed to be done was to create a TXT record for domain validation by Digicert. It could have been any CA authority. 

Login to Godaddy

Go to domain / domain settings / management and click Add 

    

         

Then just either add @ for the domain by itself or add the host name also called the subdomain in DNS-land  

In this case it was a verification text for sslvpn . Also added into the value field the text code provided by the service provider like Microsoft Azure or in this this case Digicert for validation of the domain .  .. .and don't worry about making a mistake because nothing can break if you do it wrong the first time.   Update the TTL to 1 hour unless a different TTL was requested by the service provider for this record. I find 1 hour works well. 

 

Then click Save.

 

I've noticed these addition take only minutes top propagate. Unlike a few years back you could be waiting longer. That's it. You return to the providers page where they'll have a "check" button to see if the record exists. If it doesn't find it the first try , wait a few minutes and try again. 

IT technical support has so many sides. There's issues such as renewing SSL certificates or validating domain.s There are cloud services that provide a vast number of services. Then there's the general but most important desktop support.  All these cloud services and validating of domain and acquiring SSL certificates wouldn't be needed if there are no users. Let's face-it, users of all these services are on desktops and laptop computers mostly. 

Although smartphone market is as huge with every person having at least one device, the desktop computer and laptop users are still the base of most things business. Online software for desktop support is still the number one requirement for business or independent  technical support specialist and providers. From the largest MSPs such as the one I am affiliated with to the smallest one man shop working from a basement of garage, online support is still the number one best investment. remote access and control of desktop through the web to provide remote control screen sharing support in one of the most required services for providing help and assistance to users internally or over the web. Without computers running, why else would be need so many cloud services.