MicrosoftPreview
OthersVerify MicrosoftPreview IP Address
Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Microsoft, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.
MicrosoftPreview is a Microsoft crawler used to render webpages in a browser-like environment for testing, feature evaluation, and content understanding across Microsoft services. It performs fetches that simulate modern browser behavior, including JavaScript execution, layout rendering, and metadata extraction. Unlike Bingbot, it is not used for core indexing but for assessing how pages display in Microsoft products. Activity is moderate and focused on pages relevant to rendering quality checks. Its purpose is to enhance visual accuracy and user experience across Microsoft’s platforms. RobotSense.io verifies MicrosoftPreview using Microsoft’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine MicrosoftPreview traffic is identified.
User Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; MicrosoftPreview/2.0; +https://aka.ms/MicrosoftPreview) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; MicrosoftPreview/2.0; +https://aka.ms/MicrosoftPreview)Robots.txt Configuration for MicrosoftPreview
MicrosoftPreviewUse this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target MicrosoftPreview.
Recommended Configuration
Our recommended robots.txt configuration for MicrosoftPreview:
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Allow: /Completely Block MicrosoftPreview
Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Disallow: /Completely Allow MicrosoftPreview
Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Allow: /Block Specific Paths
Block this bot from specific directories or pages:
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/Allow Only Specific Paths
Block everything but allow specific directories:
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/Set Crawl Delay
Limit how frequently MicrosoftPreview can request pages (in seconds):
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.