Microsoft 365 URLs — Personal vs Business

Reference map of Microsoft’s frontend URLs and which plan they belong to.

Core portals

URL	Purpose	Plan
portal.office.com	Main Office launcher — redirects to microsoft365.com	Both
microsoft365.com	App launcher dashboard (Word, Excel, PPT online)	Both
myaccount.microsoft.com	Personal Microsoft Account settings, security, devices	Personal
myaccount.microsoft.com	Work/school account profile (when signed into Entra ID)	Business
account.microsoft.com	Consumer billing, subscriptions, order history	Personal

Email & calendar

URL	Purpose	Plan
outlook.live.com	Consumer Outlook webmail (@outlook.com, @hotmail.com)	Personal
outlook.office365.com	Business Exchange Online mailbox (custom domain)	Business
outlook.office.com	Alias — redirects to outlook.office365.com	Business

Storage & collaboration

URL	Purpose	Plan
onedrive.live.com	Personal OneDrive (consumer Microsoft Account)	Personal
onedrive.com	OneDrive — routes to personal or business based on login	Both
{tenant}.sharepoint.com	SharePoint Online team sites, intranet, document libraries	Business
{tenant}-my.sharepoint.com	OneDrive for Business backend (personal storage in tenant)	Business

Communication

URL	Purpose	Plan
teams.microsoft.com	Microsoft Teams web app (chat, meetings, channels)	Both
teams.live.com	Teams for personal / free accounts	Personal

Admin & identity (business only)

URL	Purpose	Plan
admin.microsoft.com	Microsoft 365 Admin Center (users, licenses, billing)	Admin
entra.microsoft.com	Entra ID (Azure AD) — identity, conditional access, SSO	Admin
security.microsoft.com	Microsoft 365 Defender portal	Admin
compliance.microsoft.com	Purview — DLP, retention, eDiscovery	Admin
endpoint.microsoft.com	Intune — device management (MDM/MAM)	Admin
portal.azure.com	Azure portal — cloud infrastructure, Entra, subscriptions	Admin

Apps (web versions)

URL	Purpose	Plan
word.cloud.microsoft	Word Online (new short domain)	Both
excel.cloud.microsoft	Excel Online	Both
powerpoint.cloud.microsoft	PowerPoint Online	Both
loop.cloud.microsoft	Microsoft Loop (collaborative workspace)	Business
planner.cloud.microsoft	Planner (task/project management)	Business
to-do.office.com	Microsoft To Do	Both

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Key pattern: *.live.com = consumer/personal, *.office365.com or {tenant}.sharepoint.com = business tenant, *.cloud.microsoft = new unified domains (route by login).

Diagram

graph TD
subgraph Personal["Personal / Consumer"]
OL["outlook.live.com<br/>Consumer webmail"]
ODL["onedrive.live.com<br/>Personal OneDrive"]
TL["teams.live.com<br/>Personal Teams"]
ACC["account.microsoft.com<br/>Billing, subs"]
end
subgraph Both["Both - routes by login"]
M365["microsoft365.com<br/>App launcher"]
OD["onedrive.com"]
TM["teams.microsoft.com"]
MA["myaccount.microsoft.com"]
APPS["*.cloud.microsoft<br/>Word / Excel / PPT"]
end
subgraph Business["Business / Tenant"]
OO["outlook.office365.com<br/>Exchange Online"]
SP["tenant.sharepoint.com<br/>Team sites, intranet"]
SPM["tenant-my.sharepoint.com<br/>OneDrive for Business"]
LOOP["loop.cloud.microsoft"]
PLAN["planner.cloud.microsoft"]
end
subgraph Admin["Admin portals"]
ADM["admin.microsoft.com<br/>M365 Admin Center"]
ENTRA["entra.microsoft.com<br/>Identity / SSO"]
SEC["security.microsoft.com<br/>Defender"]
COMP["compliance.microsoft.com<br/>Purview"]
INTUNE["endpoint.microsoft.com<br/>Intune"]
AZ["portal.azure.com<br/>Azure portal"]
end
M365 --> OL
M365 --> OO
M365 --> APPS
OD --> ODL
OD --> SPM
ADM --> ENTRA
ADM --> SEC