# Microsoft.com in the Machine Relations Index

Canonical URL: https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/microsoft.com
Canonical domain: microsoft.com
Source role: Vendor-owned source
Release mri_score_v2.0+2026-09-18+8fa38e54dd0a; methodology mri_score_v2.0; generated 2026-09-18; window 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18; artifact 8fa38e54dd0a.

microsoft.com appeared as a cited source in 305 of 15,782 monitored answer runs (1.93%) from 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18.

## Overall Evidence

- Citation rate: 1.93%
- Cited runs: 305 of 15,782
- Days cited: 78 of 125
- Engine breadth: 6 observed engines (chatgpt, claude, gemini, google_ai_mode, google_ai_overviews, perplexity)
- Confidence: Confidence A
- Standing: #12 of 22,179 observed domains

## Observed Segments

| Category | Question shape | State | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates | Rate | Confidence | Standing |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|---|
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Best tools](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/best_x) | published | 6 | 77 | 7 | 7.79% | Unavailable | #27 of 204 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [How buyers choose](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/how_choose) | published | 6 | 106 | 7 | 5.66% | Unavailable | #25 of 258 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/is_x_worth) | published | 3 | 106 | 7 | 2.83% | Unavailable | #61 of 265 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/problem_first) | published | 2 | 106 | 7 | 1.89% | Unavailable | #76 of 212 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Top lists](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/top_list) | published | 4 | 108 | 7 | 3.70% | Unavailable | #57 of 270 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Comparisons](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/x_vs_y) | published | 3 | 108 | 7 | 2.78% | Unavailable | #52 of 231 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [Best tools](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/best_x) | published | 10 | 136 | 7 | 7.35% | Unavailable | #27 of 275 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [How buyers choose](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/how_choose) | published | 18 | 130 | 7 | 13.85% | Unavailable | #8 of 305 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/is_x_worth) | published | 2 | 130 | 7 | 1.54% | Unavailable | #115 of 330 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/problem_first) | published | 2 | 106 | 7 | 1.89% | Unavailable | #90 of 272 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [Top lists](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/top_list) | published | 7 | 106 | 7 | 6.60% | Unavailable | #33 of 313 |
| [AI Security & Privacy](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy) | [Comparisons](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-security-privacy/x_vs_y) | published | 5 | 114 | 7 | 4.39% | Unavailable | #32 of 263 |
| [AI Visibility & GEO](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-visibility-geo) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-visibility-geo/is_x_worth) | published | 1 | 137 | 7 | 0.73% | Unavailable | #359 of 467 |
| [Consumer Finance](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/consumer-finance) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/consumer-finance/is_x_worth) | published | 4 | 132 | 7 | 3.03% | Unavailable | #53 of 262 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [Best tools](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/best_x) | published | 8 | 75 | 7 | 10.67% | Unavailable | #16 of 213 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [How buyers choose](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/how_choose) | published | 28 | 131 | 7 | 21.37% | Unavailable | #1 of 325 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/is_x_worth) | published | 17 | 131 | 7 | 12.98% | Unavailable | #7 of 227 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/news_topic) | published | 57 | 623 | 54 | 9.15% | Unavailable | #3 of 1,340 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/problem_first) | published | 15 | 125 | 7 | 12.00% | Unavailable | #4 of 263 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [Top lists](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/top_list) | published | 8 | 130 | 7 | 6.15% | Unavailable | #34 of 264 |
| [Cybersecurity](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity) | [Comparisons](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/cybersecurity/x_vs_y) | published | 1 | 107 | 7 | 0.93% | Unavailable | #156 of 189 |
| [Education & Training](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/education-training) | [How buyers choose](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/education-training/how_choose) | published | 6 | 130 | 7 | 4.62% | Unavailable | #21 of 249 |
| [Education & Training](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/education-training) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/education-training/problem_first) | published | 2 | 100 | 7 | 2.00% | Unavailable | #77 of 229 |
| [Enterprise Software](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software/is_x_worth) | published | 4 | 107 | 7 | 3.74% | Unavailable | #39 of 194 |
| [Enterprise Software](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software/news_topic) | published | 13 | 596 | 53 | 2.18% | Unavailable | #57 of 1,375 |
| [Enterprise Software](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/enterprise-software/problem_first) | published | 2 | 106 | 7 | 1.89% | Unavailable | #88 of 258 |
| [Family Software](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/family-software) | [How buyers choose](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/family-software/how_choose) | published | 3 | 104 | 7 | 2.88% | Unavailable | #63 of 153 |
| [Family Software](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/family-software) | [Problem-first research](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/family-software/problem_first) | published | 3 | 108 | 7 | 2.78% | Unavailable | #53 of 195 |
| [Fintech](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/fintech) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/fintech/news_topic) | published | 2 | 616 | 53 | 0.32% | Unavailable | #567 of 1,531 |
| [Healthcare Services](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/healthcare-services) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/healthcare-services/news_topic) | published | 5 | 613 | 53 | 0.82% | Unavailable | #222 of 1,264 |
| [HR & Talent](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent/is_x_worth) | collecting | 1 | 66 | 4 | Unavailable | Unavailable | Collecting observations; no mature rank |
| [HR & Talent](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent/news_topic) | published | 3 | 608 | 53 | 0.49% | Unavailable | #353 of 1,249 |
| [Legacy News Topics](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/legacy-unmapped) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/legacy-unmapped/news_topic) | published | 53 | 2,138 | 54 | 2.48% | Unavailable | #29 of 4,025 |
| [Martech & Advertising](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/martech-advertising) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/martech-advertising/news_topic) | published | 1 | 602 | 53 | 0.17% | Unavailable | #908 of 1,244 |

## Citation

Microsoft.com (microsoft.com), 1.93% citation rate, 305 of 15,782 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18, mri_score_v2.0, mri_score_v2.0+2026-09-18+8fa38e54dd0a, https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/microsoft.com.

## Public Boundary

The public dataset reports citation rates, rankings, and evidence counts. It excludes internal query identifiers, raw cited URLs, and answer-engine provider payloads. MRI measures observed root-domain citations in monitored prompts; it does not measure all AI answers, recommendation quality, website traffic, or commercial performance. A citation does not prove source support, and MRI confidence is not an Answer-Source Fidelity grade.

## Related Sources

- [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/index)
- [Public JSON artifact](https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json)
- [Release manifest](https://machinerelations.ai/data/mri-release-manifest.json)
- [AuthorityTech publication intelligence projection](https://authoritytech.io/publications.md) — Practitioner projection derived from the neutral Machine Relations Index. It is not source evidence, citation provenance, or sameAs identity for the neutral dataset.