Note: This article was originally published in 2013. Some steps, commands, or software versions may have changed. Check the current Microsoft Online documentation for the latest information.

This article explains http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net? and why it matters for your environment.

What is http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net?

The site http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net is generally used by (http://www.microsoft.com “Microsoft”) Online applications. For example, if you have downloaded the Active Directory Sync to (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/ “Microsoft Azure”) application you will see that the client uses the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator “Uniform resource locator”) http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net to try to communicate.

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