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Internet country-code top level domain for Montserrat
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August 2023
.ms #CCF Dot-MS domain logo.png 6 March 1997 Country code top-level domain Active MNI Networks Ltd Lubimal (MS) Ltd. Entities connected with Montserrat Used by a number of sites, a few of which are in Montserrat; occasionally used by Microsoft for link shortening None Registrations are available directly at second level Policies Complaint Policy & ProceduresComplaint Resolution Service http://www.mninet.ms mninet.mshttp://nic.ms/
.ms is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory.IANA .ms whois information, Accessed 13 June 2008
Usage examples
Microsoft uses this as an abbreviation for projects such as ch9.ms, 1drv.ms for OneDrive, and for Defender for Cloud Apps.AbbyMSFT Troubleshooting - What is mcas.ms, mcas-gov.us, or mcas-gov.ms? - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/troubleshooting-proxy-url 2025-04-09 learn.microsoft.com en-us In particular, aka.ms is used extensively as a URL shortener for Microsoft's web sites, such as http://aka.ms/MFAsetup.
Websites based in, or having to do with, the U.S. state of Mississippi also use the .ms domainhttp://www.dixie-net.com/msdomains.shtml Mississippi Company Has Unique Product To Personalize Email Addresses 26 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20100503100700/http://www.dixie-net.com/msdomains.shtml 3 May 2010 dead dmy-all as MS is the ISO 3166-2:US code and official United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state. Technically, Mississippi is assigned .ms.us under the .us locality namespace.
Some companies based in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul (officially abbreviated as MS) use the .ms TLD
Some companies and organisations in the German city Münster in Westphalia use the TLD as well since MS is the official vehicle license plate code for the city.
The New York Times uses .ms as a top level domain name for permalinks referring to New York Times addresses. For example, http://nyti.ms/ reaches The New York Times homepage.
The Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign used the domain name "HRC.ms" as a URL shortener.October 2026
The family of F1 driver Michael Schumacher used the domain name keepfighting.ms for his foundation, established after his skiing accident in Méribel on 29 December 2013
A Dutch foundation for the cure of multiple sclerosis (MS) uses arenamoves.ms.
The Dutch organisation openbsd.amsterdam uses obsda.ms for its short code link.
Second-level domain names
com.ms
edu.ms
gov.ms
net.ms
org.ms
References
External links
IANA .ms whois information
.ms Registry operated by MNI Networks Limited
Domain Registration Services
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