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Who hosts microsoft.com?

microsoft.com's homepage is behind Akamai. Visitors connect to Akamai's network, which fetches pages from the origin server, so that server's address and hosting company aren't publicly visible.

Origin
Behind Akamai (origin hidden)
CDN / proxy
Akamai
DNS hosted at
Azure DNS
ns1-39.azure-dns.com, ns2-39.azure-dns.net
Platform
Not identified
IP network
AS16625
AKAMAI-AS - Akamai Technologies, Inc., US
Server software
AkamaiNetStorage
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What the public signals show

DNS for microsoft.com is managed at Azure DNS (nameservers ns1-39.azure-dns.com and ns2-39.azure-dns.net).

The server software advertised in its headers: AkamaiNetStorage.

Requests for microsoft.com are redirected to www.microsoft.com.

Evidence

  • The IP is a Akamai edge — it sits in front of the real server and hides its address

Questions about microsoft.com

Who hosts microsoft.com?

microsoft.com's homepage is behind Akamai.

Is microsoft.com on Cloudflare?

No Cloudflare signals were found in microsoft.com's responses or IP address; it uses Akamai.

Where is microsoft.com's DNS hosted?

At Azure DNS, based on the domain's NS records.

Checked 2026-10-01from public DNS records, IP network registrations (via Team Cymru's ASN data) and the site's HTTP response headers. Hosting can change at any time — use the live re-check for the current answer. microsoft.com is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

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