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live.com Lookup

Status
Expiring soon
Expires
2026-12-27
Expires in 89 days
Registered
1994-12-28
Domain age
31 years

live.com is registered through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., and its current term runs until 27 December 2026. No one else can register it unless it lapses.

Checked 28 September 2026 over RDAP
Ownership

Who owns live.com?

live.com is registered to Microsoft Corporation through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., as named in the public registration record.

live.com is a Microsoft domain used for Microsoft account sign-in and Outlook.com mail.

The record was created on 28 December 1994 and last updated on 1 May 2026.

Registrant org
Microsoft Corporation
Registrar
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
IANA ID
299
Created
1994-12-28
Last updated
2026-05-01
Registry expiry
2026-12-27
DNSSEC
Signed
Show 5 status codes
  • clientDeleteProhibited

    The remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)

  • clientTransferProhibited

    An EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited

  • serverDeleteProhibited

    The remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)

  • serverTransferProhibited

    An EPP status that blocks the domain from being transferred to another registrar. It is a lock, not a problem, and most registrars set it by default. clientTransferProhibited

  • serverUpdateProhibited

    The remaining EPP prohibitions: clientUpdateProhibited and clientDeleteProhibited set by your registrar, serverUpdateProhibited and serverDeleteProhibited set by the registry, and the bundled registry lock services that apply several at once. Domain lock (update, delete and registry lock)

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Expiry

When does live.com expire?

live.com's current registration runs until 27 December 2026. Expires in 89 days.

The owner can renew at any time before then, which moves the date forward by the renewal term. Large brands usually renew years ahead.

  1. Registered
  2. Grace period 45 days
  3. Redemption 30 days
  4. Pending delete 5 days
  5. Released

What happens if it isn't renewed?

An unrenewed .com name passes through fixed phases before it is released: a 45-day grace period in which the owner can still renew at the normal price, a 30-day redemption period in which recovery costs a fee on top of renewal, then 5 days pending delete, when no one can renew or register it. The durations are the .com registry's published figures.

When could it drop?

Only if it is not renewed. The earliest it could be released is 17 March 2027, if every phase runs its full length.

How the .com lifecycle works

Availability

Is live.com available to register?

No. live.com is registered, so a registration attempt today would fail.

It only becomes available if the owner lets it lapse and it clears every phase above. Domain Watch checks the name twice a day and sends one email the day it is released.

Age

How old is live.com?

live.com is 31 years old: it was first registered on 28 December 1994.

The creation date is when the current registration began. A name that dropped and was re-registered gets a new creation date, so this counts continuous registration, not first use.

Milestones

1 November 2005
Microsoft announces Windows Live, the family of web services behind live.com.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

DNS

What are live.com's DNS records?

live.com is served by 4 nameservers and publishes 2 address records and one MX record.

Its nameservers are classed as Managed DNS.

Nameservers
ns1-37.azure-dns.com ns2-37.azure-dns.net ns3-37.azure-dns.org ns4-37.azure-dns.info
A
204.79.197.212
AAAA
2620:1ec:c11::212
MX
2 live-com.olc.protection.outlook.com
SPF
v=spf1 include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all
DMARC
v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=quarantine; pct=100; rua=mailto:[email protected]; ruf=mailto:[email protected]; fo=1
Show 7 TXT records
  • facebook-domain-verification=atvthxwtzc3u4ubnsozavn76cusuaj
  • google-site-verification=0mLTLcpaFxdFNO4m1TfqB2WQ4rGtz7xpPmFwDJ9O_9Q
  • google-site-verification=DVGpQUbbQCBRPGlmWiTVUMyQGfLPlEVw6Z4pm39AAj4
  • google-site-verification=N9kowue62gCm511Op0_N2LO1JZTcjA2GYzOE22SBaiI
  • google-site-verification=aqgIxrIS1nghF9FDjR5tN7t6xgIVr3Dg254rmyDNwRU
  • google-site-verification=er-XGn5evjhwRiwIPwWyQjyHB1pigvhw-mp8saZxLCA
  • v=TLSRPTv1;rua=https://tlsrpt.azurewebsites.net/report

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

SSL

Does live.com have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. live.com serves a certificate issued by Microsoft TLS G2 RSA CA OCSP 10, valid until 26 February 2027.

Secure
Issuer
Microsoft TLS G2 RSA CA OCSP 10
Valid from
2026-08-12
Valid until
2027-02-26

Unchanged since 28 September 2026.

Uptime

Is live.com down right now?

This record covers live.com's registration, DNS and certificate, read once a day. It does not test whether the website is responding right now.

On 28 September 2026 its nameservers answered. Its certificate validated on 28 September 2026.

A name that is registered, answers DNS and serves a valid certificate but still will not load has a hosting or server problem, not a registration one.

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