Sh4mefulIP Address: 52.101.46.81 ⚠ IP Confounder
Covers 52.100-103.x.x outbound; PTR: *.outbound.protection.outlook.com
Differentiating between Office 365, including email protection services, and Azure (public cloud) when diagnosing incidents is challenging because they utilize shared Microsoft-owned IP ranges. Most of this is probably O365/Outlook or Defender protection breaking DKIM and SPF authentication. Disambiguation is a work-in-progress.
This page shows DMARC authentication failure data for this IP address. Learn more about this data.
Geolocation Information
- Country:
- US United States
- Region:
- Washington
- Coordinates:
- 47.6109, -122.3303
WHOIS Information
- Network Name:
- MSFT
- CIDR:
52.112.0.0/14, 52.96.0.0/12- Owner:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Org ID:
MSFT- Address:
- One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
- Reverse DNS:
-
mail-westus2azon11020081.outbound.protection.outlook.com
Last updated: 2/5/2026
Analysis
This IP was first observed on November 12, 2024 and most recently on September 25, 2025. It has been associated with 2 failed authentication events affecting 2 messages, representing low but recurring activity. The IP belongs to MSFT (Microsoft Corporation), a network with activity associated with United States. 8 other IPs in the same /24 subnet (52.101.46.*) also appear in this dataset.
Network Topology
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Nearby IPs
Other IPs in the 52.101.46.0/24 range observed failing DMARC:
52.101.46.10 (1 failure), 52.101.46.110 (1 failure), 52.101.46.111 (1 failure), 52.101.46.12 (1 failure), 52.101.46.126 (1 failure), 52.101.46.128 (1 failure), 52.101.46.140 (1 failure), 52.101.46.38 (1 failure)