Microsoft.URL.Shortener

Description

This indicates an attempt to access the Microsoft URL Shortener service.
aka.ms is used extensively as an URL shortener for Microsoft's websites. Microsoft use it to minimize the characters used in an URL, and intends to make them intuitive and easier to search for and remember.

Affected Products

Microsoft

Impact

Network resource consumption

Technology

Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/443

References

• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2011/07/22/navigating-exchange-content-like-a-pro-using-short-urls/