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AI readiness of microsoft.com: 85/100
85/100
We checked microsoft.com on 2026-10-18 with our free checker: six scored tests plus evidence for each finding. The score reflects the site on that date. The site may have changed after that date.
| Test | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|
| llms.txt | No | 0 of 15 |
| JSON-LD schema on the homepage | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Meta description | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| Text readable without JavaScript | Yes | 20 of 20 |
| Sitemap | Yes | 10 of 10 |
| AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt | 8 of 8 | 25 of 25 |
Compared with Analytics
microsoft.com ranks 10 of 20 analytics sites in this scan (ties share the order by domain name). The median score in this group is 85. 8 of 20 have an llms.txt file.
Findings with evidence
FixNo llms.txt
GET /llms.txt returned 404.
Fix: Create /llms.txt: a # title, a > one-line summary, then ## sections that list key pages as [name](url). Draft one free at checkaiready.com/llms-txt-generator.
FixJSON-LD: 1 block, types WebSite, SearchAction, EntryPoint
WebSite is missing required name.
Fix: Fix the listed properties, then retest at validator.schema.org.
ImproveOpen Graph: missing og:image
og:title: Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps og:description: Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Micro… og:image: missing
Fix: Add <meta property="og:image" content="...">. Chat apps and AI tools use these for link previews.
FixServer responded in 4411 ms
Time to response headers from our checker, after 2 redirects. Final URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us
Fix: Slow responses can make crawlers give up. Add page caching or a CDN in front of the homepage.
ImproveHTML size 271 KB, 264 script tags
6 render-blocking scripts in <head>: /echo/etc.clientlibs/store/clientlibs/clientlib-reimagine-env/base.ACSHASH8cd32d1ad0be8a1a9b98c8f1e…
Fix: Add defer or async to scripts in <head> that are not needed for first paint.
15 checks passed or noted
PassGPTBot (OpenAI, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassOAI-SearchBot (OpenAI, ChatGPT search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassChatGPT-User (OpenAI, live fetch for users): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaudeBot (Anthropic, training): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassClaude-SearchBot (Anthropic, Claude search): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassPerplexityBot (Perplexity, search index): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassGoogle-Extended (Google, Gemini training control): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassCCBot (Common Crawl, open dataset): allowed on /
User-agent: * Disallow: /*?*ep_* Disallow: /*&ep_* Disallow: /store/XboxComMsCom3PAdsOptOutCookieSync.html Disallow: /store/XboxComMsComCartMuidSync.html Disallow: /*/store/locations/store-locations-sitemap.xml (196 more lines) Group "*" has no rule for /.
PassTitle, 61 characters
<title>Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps</title>
PassMeta description, 154 characters
content="Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more."
PassCanonical link set
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us">
PassLanguage declared: en-US
<html lang="en-US">
Pass1 H1 heading
<h1>Hi there, welcome to Microsoft</h1>
Pass6,438 characters of text without JavaScript
Text starts: "Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps Trace Id is missing Skip to main content Microsoft 365 Azure Copilot Windows Surface XBOX Dea…"
PassSitemap found, 5 child sitemaps
robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.microsoft.com/store/sitemap-index.xml GET https://www.microsoft.com/store/sitemap-index.xml returned 200.
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Scoring: llms.txt 15, JSON-LD 20, meta description 10, readable text 20, sitemap 10, AI crawler access 25. Want this page changed or removed? Email [email protected].
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