microsoft.com scored 56/100 on AI Readiness.
Audited April 10, 2026 as part of our State of AI Crawlers 2026 scan. microsoft.com ranks #13 out of the 100 sites we measured, which places it in the top quartile. Here is the category breakdown, the specific gaps our scanner found, and what a re-scan today would change.
What AI bots see on microsoft.com
The most consequential signal a site sends to AI systems is its robots.txt policy for the four bots that actually drive citations in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Here is what our scan found:
| gptbot | allowed_by_default |
| claudebot | allowed_by_default |
| perplexity | allowed_by_default |
| google extended | allowed_by_default |
Specific recommendations for microsoft.com
Each item below is derived from the actual scan data, not a generic checklist. Running the listed tool directly will validate the fix.
- HIGHmicrosoft.com does not ship an llms.txt. The AI Readiness scorer awards up to 20 points for a well-formed file; fixing this alone moves the site 10-15 points up the leaderboard.Generate a starter llms.txt →
- HIGHBot cloaking detected at severe severity. The content served to AI bots differs meaningfully from the content a browser sees. AI systems may cite whatever they were shown, which is a real brand risk.Compare bot vs browser responses →
- MEDIUMStructured data coverage is the highest-ROI lever for sites above score 60. Article + FAQPage + Organization schema on the homepage pushes most sites 10+ points.Inspect existing JSON-LD →
- LOWRe-run the full scan any time by entering microsoft.com in the AI Readiness Checker. The score updates as soon as the changes are pushed to production.Open in the AI Readiness Checker →
Sites ranked near microsoft.com
Look at what the direct neighbours did differently. Pages with similar scores tend to have similar strengths and gaps.
Want a fresh scan?
This page is based on our April 2026 snapshot. Run the live scanner to see the current score and any changes since.
Re-scan microsoft.com nowScores are heuristic and based on public signals scanned at request time. Not a substitute for a professional security or SEO audit.