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.ms is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory.

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.ms is the internet address ending assigned to Montserrat, a British island territory in the Caribbean. It matters because it's used by websites and organizations connected to Montserrat, similar to how .uk is used for the United Kingdom or .ca for Canada.

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Top level domain.name
.ms
Top level domain.background
CCF
Top level domain.image
Dot-MS domain logo.png
Top level domain.introduced
6 March 1997
Top level domain.type
Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status
Active
Top level domain.registry
MNI Networks Ltd
Top level domain.sponsor
Lubimal (MS) Ltd.
Top level domain.intendeduse
Entities connected with Montserrat
Top level domain.actualuse
Used by a number of sites, a few of which are in Montserrat; occasionally used by Microsoft for link shortening
Top level domain.restrictions
None
Top level domain.structure
Registrations are available directly at second level
Top level domain.document
Policies
Top level domain.disputepolicy
Complaint Policy & ProceduresComplaint Resolution Service

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Official website
www.mninet.ms
Image
Flag of Montserrat.svg
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inception
1997-00-00
Commons category
.ms
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  • Usage examples
  • Second-level domain names
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.ms is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory.

== Usage examples == Microsoft uses this as an abbreviation for projects such as ch9.ms, 1drv.ms for OneDrive, and for Defender for Cloud Apps. In particular, aka.ms is used extensively as a URL shortener for Microsoft's web sites, such as http://aka.ms/MFAsetup. Websites based in, or having to do with, the U.S. state of Mississippi also use the .ms domain as MS is the ISO 3166-2:US code and official United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state. Technically, Mississippi is assigned .ms.us under the .us locality namespace. Some companies based in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul (officially abbreviated as MS) use the .ms TLD 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, reaches The New York Times homepage. The Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign used the domain name "HRC.ms" as a URL shortener. The family of F1 driver Michael Schumacher used the domain name keepfighting.ms for his foundation, established after his skiing accident in Méribel on 29 December 2013 A Dutch foundation for the cure of multiple sclerosis (MS) uses arenamoves.ms. The Dutch organisation openbsd.amsterdam uses obsda.ms for its short code link.

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