.ms

Usage

• Microsoft uses this as an abbreviation for projects such as ch9.ms or 1drv.ms for its OneDrive. In particular, Aka.ms is used extensively as a URL Shortener for Microsoft's web sites, such as http://aka.ms/MFAsetup and http://aka.ms/Azure/IaaSOpsGuide.
• Websites based in, or having to do with, the U.S. state of Mississippi also use the.ms domain as MS is the official United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state.
• Some companies based in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul use the TLD since MS is the for the state.
• Some companies and organisations in the German town 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/1kZ2CtM refers to a 16 June 2014 column by Joe Nocera. http://nyti.ms/ reaches The New York Times homepage.
• The Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign used the domain name http://hrc.ms.
• The campaign for support of Michael Schumacher used the TLD after his accident at Meribel ski resort in December 2013 by his family, using the domain name http://keepfighting.ms.
• A Dutch foundation for the cure of multiple sclerosis uses as MS is the abbreviation for multiple sclerosis.

  Second-level domain names

• com.ms
• edu.ms
• gov.ms
• net.ms
• org.ms