Microsoft switches two gTLDs from GoDaddy to Nominet

Microsoft has moved two of its branded gTLDs from GoDaddy’s registry back-end to Nominet’s.

Records show that .skype and .office both recently made the switch.

Microsoft had already moved six TLDs — .azure, .bing, .hotmail, .microsoft, .windows and .xbox — from Verisign to Nominet about a year ago, and .skype and .office mean its whole collection is now on Nominet’s service.

While .office isn’t technically a dot-brand because it does not have a Spec13 exemption in its ICANN contract, it is in use — you can log in to your email and other services, at least for now, via www.office.

.skype, meanwhile, has a handful of domains that work as redirects to skype.com.

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