microsoft.com

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Standard signals observed

This reflects observed technical signals, not a judgment of the website's intent or safety. Wondering if Microsoft is legit? Below you'll find technical signals for microsoft.com including domain age, HTTPS security, DNS records, and redirect behavior to help you decide if this website is trustworthy.

Observed signals
Domain registered 34 years ago
Valid HTTPS certificate
DNS records present
3 redirects observed
Favicon detected
HSTS preloaded (browser-enforced)
AI Summary Plain-language explanation of the signals

The domain microsoft.com hosts an active website with multiple IP addresses and DNS records. DNS appears to be hosted via Azure DNS (inferred from nameservers), and the domain is registered through MarkMonitor Inc., with a registration age of 34 years and an expiration date in 2026. The site enforces HTTPS with a valid multi-domain (SAN) certificate issued by Microsoft Azure RSA TLS Issuing CA 08 and uses three HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects. The website appears to utilize Ghost as part of its tech stack. These signals describe technical characteristics only and do not indicate intent or safety.

HTTP Response
HTTPS 3 redirects

Final URL:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us
Redirect chain
307 http://microsoft.com/ → https://microsoft.com/
301 https://microsoft.com/ → https://www.microsoft.com/
302 https://www.microsoft.com/ → https://www.microsoft.com/en-us
200 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us
TLS Certificate
Valid
Yes
Covers Domain
Yes
Type
Multi-domain

Expires in 164 days

Certificate details

Subject: /C=US/ST=WA/L=Redmond/O=Microsoft Corporation/CN=microsoft.com

Issuer: /C=US/O=Microsoft Corporation/CN=Microsoft Azure RSA TLS Issuing CA 03

Chain: 3 certificates

Subject Alt Names (163)
microsoft.com matches
s.microsoft.com
ga.microsoft.com
aep.microsoft.com
aer.microsoft.com
grv.microsoft.com
hup.microsoft.com
mac.microsoft.com

+ 155 more

DNS Records
A Records
1
AAAA
2
NS
4
IP addresses & nameservers

A: 150.171.109.115

AAAA: 2620:1ec:46::41, 2620:1ec:bdf::41

NS: ns1-39.azure-dns.com, ns2-39.azure-dns.net, ns3-39.azure-dns.org, ns4-39.azure-dns.info

MX records (1)
microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
TXT records (51)
d365mktkey=3uc1cf82cpv750lzk70v9bvf2
facebook-domain-verification=fwzwhbbzwmg5fzgotc2go51olc3566
google-site-verification=pjPOauSPcrfXOZS9jnPPa5axowcHGCDA...
fg2t0gov9424p2tdcuo94goe9j
t7sebee51jrj7vm932k531hipa

+ 46 more

Domain Registration
34 years old
Registered May 02, 1991
Registrar MarkMonitor Inc.
Expires May 03, 2027
More details

Last changed: Jan 29, 2026

Status: client delete prohibited client transfer prohibited client update prohibited +3 more

Nameservers: NS1-39.AZURE-DNS.COM, NS2-39.AZURE-DNS.NET, ...

Robots.txt (Crawl directives)
Status
200 OK (1 redirect)
Crawl Access
Allowed (with restrictions)

Final URL: https://www.microsoft.com/robots.txt

These directives apply to crawlers requesting this host.

Agents
1
Rules
153
Sitemaps
23
Directive breakdown
Disallow 128
Allow 25
Sitemaps 23
Sitemap URLs
https://www.microsoft.com/store/sitemap-index.xml
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface.index.xml
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-index.xml
https://www.microsoft.com/sitemaps/ai/sitemapindex.xml
https://www.microsoft.com/sitemaps/dynamics-365/sitemapindex.xml

+ 18 more

Raw content
Showing first ~1.97 KB View full file 
# Robots.txt file for www.microsoft.com v2.02

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml
Disallow: /en-us/windows/si/matrix.html
Disallow: /en-us/windows/si/matrix.html
Disallow: /*/security/search-results.aspx?
Disallow: /*/music/*/search/
Disallow: /*/store/buynow?
Disallow: /*/store/cart
Disallow: /*/search/
Disallow: /*/music/*/Search/
Disallow: /*/Search/
Disallow: /*/newsearch/
Disallow: *action=catalogsearch&
Disallow: /*/store/d/groove-music-pass/cfq7ttc0k5dq/0001
Disallow: /*/store/best-rated/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/best-selling/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/coming-soon/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/deals/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/game-demos/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/game-previews/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/most-played/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/most-popular/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/new/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/new-and-rising/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/top-free/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/top-paid/*?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/collections/helpmechoosepc?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/collections/helpmechoosepc/?*&*&*
Disallow: /*/store/movies-and-tv/*?*&*&*
Allow: /*/store/*/search/
Allow: /*/store/*/layout/
Allow: /*/store/music/groove-music-pass/*
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=2$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=3$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=4$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=5$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=6$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=7$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=grid&page=8$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=2$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=3$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=4$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=5$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=6$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mode=list&page=7$
Allow: *action=catalogsearch&catalog_mo
... (truncated)

Robots.txt directives are advisory instructions for crawlers and do not enforce access control.

Tech Stack
Platform
Ghost (low)
JS Framework
Angular
Server
Not exposed
CDN
Not detected
Analytics
1
Security Headers
1 / 6
Angular Clarity
HSTS
Detection evidence
HSTS:
strict-transport-security header present
Ghost:
Ghost platform detected
Angular:
Angular framework detected in page
Clarity:
Microsoft Clarity script loaded

Technologies detected from HTTP headers and HTML patterns. Detection is passive and may not capture all technologies.

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