Microsoft 365 : FEATURE UPDATE – Product transitions to the cloud.microsoft domain – November 2024 – Microsoft Outlook is now available at the cloud.microsoft domain – https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/

Hi All,
Greetings for the day!!!
Today one more feature update related to “cloud.microsoft” domain. Small but important one.
FEATURE UPDATE – Microsoft Outlook is now available at the cloud.microsoft domain
Details
- The “cloud.microsoft” domain was provisioned in early 2023.
- “cloud.microsoft” domain is to provide a unified, trusted, and dedicated DNS domain space to host Microsoft’s first party authenticated SaaS products.
- We have detailed article on “cloud.microsoft” – https://knowledge-junction.in/2024/12/09/m365-cloud-microsoft-domain/
- Generally we click on “Microsoft Outlook” through app launch – we have the URL – https://outlook.office.com/mail/ or this is current URL.
- Microsoft Outlook is now available at the cloud.microsoft domain – https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/
- This mean, we can access the Outlook with URL – https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/
- A full list of product experiences already being delivered on this domain can be found here: Unified cloud.microsoft domain for Microsoft 365 apps – Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn.
- Links to the previous domains are backwards compatible and continue to be supported.
Action need to be taken in our Organization
- We need to educate our users to recognize and expect cloud.microsoft as a key domain for Microsoft cloud experiences.
- If our organizational websites, tools, or other materials reference the old URL, those links will be automatically redirected
- Admins should ensure that connections to *.cloud.microsoft are not blocked from their clients and enterprise networks.
REFERENCES
- What is cloud.microsoft? – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-is-cloud-microsoft-7ba4c8b9-d062-4444-84a5-fca6c3006d2b
- Microsoft 365 – What is “cloud.microsoft” – https://knowledge-junction.in/2024/12/09/m365-cloud-microsoft-domain/
Have a wonderful day ahead!! Thanks for reading !!!
