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What is the domain "nrb.footprintdns.com"??
- Jan 08, 2019
The domain nrb.footprintdns.com is owned by Microsoft and represents servers in Microsoft datacenters. It is used for telemetry purposes that comply with Microsoft privacy commitments that you can read about at: https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-trust-center-privacy. Data sent to this domain is used to identify network connectivity and performance issues and to support improvements to the service. We have plans to rename it to be more descriptive, and to publish it at the Office 365 IP Address and URL publishing site at http://aka.ms/o365ip. If you have any problems using Office 365 related to this, please raise a support incident so that we can assist at https://support.office.com/
I want to report that I have seen this as well. I have multiple kiosk computers with traffic going to these *.nrb.footprintdns.com sites. All we are doing is logging into Office 365 and using Outlook Online and Online Office Apps on these kiosks. I have them locked down from browsing any websites except approved. Can someone please find out why Microsoft is directing traffic to these sites? They are not listed in the official Office365 URL list.
Attempts to visit blocked websites (2)
footprintdns.com
5:14 PM
Attempts: 66
9:20 AM
Attempts: 4
- Arthur YeeOct 02, 2018Copper Contributor
Any progress with knowing what this URL - nrb.footprintdns.com is for? Detecting it from user using o365 services.
- Julian KnightOct 04, 2018Steel ContributorNo, nobody from Microsoft has bothered to reply. I strongly recommend blocking the domain. I can't find anything it impacts.