.microsoft

.microsoft is a generic top-level domain managed by Microsoft Corporation.

Registry facts

TLD	`.microsoft`
Type	Generic
TLD manager	Microsoft Corporation
IANA status	Active
Script	Latn
RDAP server	`https://rdap.nominet.uk/microsoft/`
IANA record	iana.org/domains/root/db/microsoft

IANA data: TLD list Version 2026111000, Last Updated Tue Nov 10 07:07:01 2026 UTC; RDAP bootstrap published 2026-10-28; Root Zone Database fetched 2026-11-11.

6.microsoft domains measuredof 9,971 in the sample

100.0%signed with DNSSEC

66.7%enforce DMARC

100.0%send HSTSof those answering on HTTPS

.microsoft domains compared with the whole sample

Accent bars: 6 .microsoft domains. Grey bars: all 9,971 measured domains. Fewer than 50 domains: treat these percentages as rough.

DNSSEC signed 100.0%

all measured 10.6%

SPF record 66.7%

all measured 75.7%

DMARC record 66.7%

all measured 68.0%

DMARC enforced 66.7%

all measured 50.9%

CAA record 83.3%

all measured 20.7%

MTA-STS 0.0%

all measured 3.0%

TLS 1.3 100.0%

all measured 84.9%

HSTS 100.0%

all measured 56.4%

DNS providers

Azure DNS 66.7%

Certificate authorities

Microsoft 16.7%

DigiCert 16.7%

Popular .microsoft domains in the sample

cloud.microsoftstatic.microsoftcore.microsoftusercontent.microsoftusgovcloud.microsoftnic.microsoft

Check one yourself:

WHOIS lookup Inspect DNSSEC Check SSL certificate

Other TLDs in the sample

.com · 5078 .net · 785 .org · 434 .ru · 291 .io · 206 .jp · 202 .de · 181 .edu · 125 .gov · 114 .in · 107

All TLDs

Source: our own scan of November 2026 (2026-11-11), 9,971 of the top 10,000 domains of the Tranco list Y895G that answered in DNS. Method and data.