# 207.46.13.124 — IP Intelligence Summary 207.46.13.124 is an IPv4 address operated by Microsoft Corporation (AS8075), geolocated to Quincy, United States. It belongs to datacenter or hosting infrastructure with reverse DNS name msnbot-207-46-13-124.search.msn.com. As of October 29, 2026, IPDebrief rates it Low Risk (25/100); no anonymizing service was detected. - Canonical page: https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.124 - Last updated: 2026-10-29 ## Ownership - Organization: Microsoft Corporation - Network name: MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET - Allocated block: 207.46.0.0/16 - ASN: AS8075 (https://ipdebrief.com/asn/8075) - Regional registry: ARIN - Cloud / hosting provider: Bingbot ## Location - City: Quincy - Region: WA - Country: United States - Time zone: America/Los_Angeles ## Network classification - Infrastructure type: CloudCompute - Datacenter / hosting: yes - Residential: no - Mobile: no - Anycast: no - Tor exit node: no - VPN: no - Proxy: no ## Risk assessment - Assessment: Low Risk (25/100) - Blocklist listings: 0 - Suspicious activity indicators: no - Spam source: no ## Reverse DNS - msnbot-207-46-13-124.search.msn.com - Forward-confirmed: yes ## Analyst narrative \# INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: 207.46.13.124/32 **Date:** 2026-07-23 **Classification:** LOW RISK - LEGITIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE **Risk Score:** 25/100 \--- \## EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IP 207.46.13.124 is identified as Microsoft Corporation infrastructure (AS8075) operating within the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The address resolves to a Microsoft Bot/Spider service hostname (msnbot-207-46-13-124.search.msn.com) and is associated with legitimate web crawling operations. No active threat indicators or malicious campaigns detected. \--- \## INFRASTRUCTURE PROFILE **Ownership:** Microsoft Corporation **AS Number:** AS8075 (MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET) **CIDR Block:** 207.46.0.0/16 **Location:** Quincy, WA, US (47.23°N, -119.85°W) **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles **Network Role:** CloudCompute (Microsoft Azure) **Infrastructure Type:** Cloud hosting with no open services detected **DNS PTR:** msnbot-207-46-13-124.search.msn.com **Forward Resolution:** Confirmed (msn.com domain) **Email Authentication:** SPF and DMARC records present **TLS Certificate:** None detected (no web services) **Open Ports:** None (firewalled/no services) \--- \## THREAT INDICATORS **Current Threat Status:** CLEAN \- Abuse Confidence Score: Not applicable (legitimate infrastructure) \- Known Attacker: False \- Spam Source: False \- Tor Exit Node: False \- Blacklist Count: 0 \- Known Campaigns: None \- Pulsedive Risk: Not applicable **Temporal Analysis:** \- Ownership Changes: 0 \- Threat Persistence Days: 0 \- Threat Observation Count: 0 \- Persistently Malicious: False \--- \## OBSERVATION HISTORY Total observations: 24 signals recorded **Recent Activity (2026-07-23):** \- DNS resolution to msn.com (confidence: 0.80) \- Geolocation inference consistent with Quincy, WA (confidence: 0.56) \- Operator score: 0.3478 (Basic classification) \- Listed on 8 threat feeds (max severity: high) - contextually benign for Microsoft infrastructure **Historical Consistency:** \- No ownership changes detected \- Stable geolocation attribution \- No escalation in threat signals over time \--- \## NETWORK RELATIONSHIPS **Associated Entities:** 15 relationships identified **Primary Associations:** \- Network: MICROSOFT-GLOBAL-NET (multiple relationship entries) \- DNS Hostnames: msnbot-207-46-13-124.search.msn.com (repeated associations) \- Classification: Standard Microsoft Azure infrastructure patterns **Control Plane:** \- BGP Prefix: 207.46.0.0/19 \- Origin ASN: 8075 \- Route Stability: Not stable \- RPKI State: Not reported \- DNSSEC: Valid \- DNSBL Listings: 0/8 lists \--- \## NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS (207.46.13.0/24) **Subnet Statistics:** \- Total Siblings: 40 IPs \- Active Siblings: 26 IPs \- Abuse Density: 0.35 (mixed classification) \- Inherited Risk Score: 14 **Risk Distribution:** \- High Risk: 0 IPs \- Medium Risk: 3 IPs \- Low Risk: 37 IPs **Notable Neighbors:** \- 207.46.13.6 (Risk: 25) \- 207.46.13.18 (Risk: 25) \- 207.46.13.63 (Risk: 50) \- 207.46.13.153 (Risk: 50) \- 207.46.13.157 (Risk: 50) \- 207.46.13.160 (Risk: 25) Most neighbors maintain authority scores of 60, indicating legitimate Microsoft infrastructure. \--- \## SECURITY ACTIONS **Recommended Actions:** None \- No firewall rules required \- No blocking recommended \- No mitigation actions necessary **Risk Assessment:** This IP represents standard Microsoft Azure infrastructure used for web search indexing operations. No adversarial behavior detected. \--- \## INTELLIGENCE CONCLUSION IP 207.46.13.124 is **LEGITIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE** with low risk characteristics. The address belongs to Microsoft Corporation's Azure cloud platform and operates as a search bot for msn.com web crawling services. No malicious activity, threat indicators, or adversarial patterns observed. **SOC Analyst Guidance:** \- No blocking or rate-limiting required \- Traffic from this IP should be allowed normally \- Monitor for any unusual behavior patterns if traffic anomalies are observed \- No correlation with known APTs or threat campaigns \- Consider this IP benign for security filtering decisions **Confidence Level:** HIGH - Based on authoritative Microsoft AS8075 ownership, consistent geolocation, legitimate DNS associations, and absence of threat indicators. ## Nearby addresses - 207.46.13.6 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.6) - 207.46.13.7 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.7) - 207.46.13.9 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.9) - 207.46.13.14 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.14) - 207.46.13.17 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.17) - 207.46.13.18 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.18) - 207.46.13.31 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.31) - 207.46.13.36 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.36) - 207.46.13.51 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.51) - 207.46.13.52 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.52) - 207.46.13.54 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.54) - 207.46.13.63 (https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.63) --- Source: IPDebrief, "207.46.13.124 IP intelligence", https://ipdebrief.com/207.46.13.124, updated 2026-10-29. Assessments are probabilistic.