Federation of two local domains to one Office 365 domain

Hi,
We want to merge and federate users from two separate local domains to one common Office 365 domain. (Office 365 Faculty E3 license)
Is this possible and which options do we have?
Thanks for comments on this.
regards
Tor

Hi Tor,
This is the forum to discuss questions and feedback for Microsoft Office client. There is not so much about
Office 365 license/server aspects here, I would suggest you to post in the dedicated forum of
Office 365 Community, where you can get more experienced responses:
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/default.aspx
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
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