Microsoft

adidxbot is operated by Microsoft. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.

AutoGen-Agent is operated by Microsoft. Autonomously navigates websites, fills forms, and takes actions on behalf of a human user. Often runs a full headless browser and can perform any interaction a person could.

AzureAI-SearchBot is operated by Microsoft. Indexes pages for AI-powered search products that cite and link back to sources. Allowing it is typically how a site becomes citable inside answer engines and LLM search.

Bing Ads is operated by Microsoft. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.

Bing Preview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

Bingbot is operated by Microsoft. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.

BingPostPreview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

BingPreview is operated by Microsoft. Indexes pages for AI-powered search products that cite and link back to sources. Allowing it is typically how a site becomes citable inside answer engines and LLM search.

BingURLAnalyzer is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

IIS Site Analysis is operated by Microsoft. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.

Microsoft Preview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

Microsoft Teams Link Preview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

Microsoft-Copilot-Studio is operated by Microsoft. Autonomously navigates websites, fills forms, and takes actions on behalf of a human user. Often runs a full headless browser and can perform any interaction a person could.

MicrosoftPreview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

MSN is operated by Microsoft. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.

msnbot is operated by Microsoft. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.

msnbot-media is operated by Microsoft. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.

Outlook Safe Link Scanner is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

OutlookSafeLinks is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

PWABuilder is operated by Microsoft. Generic programmatic data extraction with intent that varies case-by-case. Worth checking the operator before blocking, some are legitimate research, some are abusive.

PWABuilderHttpAgent is operated by Microsoft. Site-monitoring, uptime, performance, or QA tooling, usually run by a third-party SaaS on behalf of someone who manages the site. Rarely affects rankings or visibility.

Skype URI Preview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

SkypeUriPreview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.

Yammer Link Preview is operated by Microsoft. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.