Microsoft Monetize - Microsoft advertising exchange inventory
The Microsoft Advertising Exchange (MAX) is a premium exchange with high-quality inventory to help you reach your audiences across Microsoft properties. The Microsoft Advertising Exchange contains Microsoft's premium owned and operated (O&O) inventory like MSN and Outlook.com in addition to select third-party publishers including 24/7.
Outlook
Outlook is a free, web-based mail service provided by Microsoft. It has replaced Hotmail starting March 2013 and currently sees 15BB imps/month. Outlook provides modern email with a clean user interface and smart, powerful tools with fully integrated ads, audience targeting, and advertiser exclusivity.
Sample outlook inventory
Standard banner skyscraper (160x600) creatives. These creatives also appear on the right-hand sidebar of the Outlook.com webmail service.
How to target outlook inventory
Target Outlook inventory through member 280 in the Outlook.com domain.
Windows apps
You can advertise in apps across multiple devices on Windows 8 PCs, tablets and Windows Phone 8. Dynamic, MRAID-enabled ads can be served on touch-enabled devices. Windows 8 includes additional support for standard display size creatives. Inventory for Windows apps includes Microsoft Owned & Operated (e.g. MSN, Xbox) and App Network featured applications from across the Windows App Store.
Windows App inventory includes:
Sample windows apps inventory
Provided below are some Windows Apps inventory samples:
Inventory on tablets
Inventory on Windows phone
Windows apps creative details
Windows 8 | Windows Phone | |
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Sizes | - 160x600 - 300x250 - 300x600 - 728x90 |
- 300x50 - 320x50 - 480x80 - 640x100 |
Technical Attributes |
- MRAID 1.0 and 2.0 - Hosted Images - HTML - HTML- iframe - Javascript (in web view)** - Image (Third-Party Ad Served) - Flash with Backup Image only |
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Ad Quality |
- Microsoft CAP - Animation Length up to 30 sec |
How to target windows app inventory and additional information
For more information regarding how to target Windows App inventory, formats, specifications and legacy SDK ads for Windows apps, see Buying Microsoft Windows 3rd Party AppNetwork Inventory.
MSN
MSN is Microsoft's portal for best in news, sport, entertainment and lifestyle. MSN inspires consumers through trusted, best in class content, with high-value experiences through personalized content synchronized across devices.
MSN Creative Details
The following creative sizes can be served on the MSN inventory:
- 300x250
- 728x90
- 980x90
- 980x400
- 1000x90
- 380x200
- 300x600
- 980x150
- 980x300
- 160x600
- 930x180
- 980x240
- 980x120
- 320x50
- 1272x250
- 970x250
- 1272x328
- 234x60
- 768x90
How to target MSN inventory
For step-by-step instructions on how to target MSN inventory, see Target Inventory on the Microsoft Advertising Exchange.
Use the targeting parameters below for your specific requirements.
Americas | Argentina and Uruguay | AR-001 (25668), ar.msn.com (25669) | Content Category |
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APAC | Australia | AU-001 (20276) | Content Category |
EMEA | Austria | AT-001 (24941), at.msn.com (25636) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (AT) |
Belgium | BE-001-Dutch (20348), be.msn.com (25633), BE-004-French (20350) | Content Category | |
Brazil | BR-001 (20353), br.msn.com (25624) | Content Category | |
Canada | CA-001 (20356), ca.msn.com (25608) | Content Category | |
Chile | cl-001 (25697), cl.msn.com (25698) | Content Category | |
China * Launch Q2 | CN-001 (27305), cn.msn.com (27306) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (CN) | |
Columbia | CO-001 (25699), co.msn.com (25700) | Content Category | |
Denmark | DK-001 (20362) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (DK) | |
Finland | fi.msn.com (26154), FI-001 (26155) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (FI) | |
France | FR-001 (20368), fr.msn.com (25629) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (FR) | |
Germany | DE-001 (20359), de.msn.com (25628) | Content Category | |
Hong Kong | HK-001 (25532), hk.msn.com (25533) | Content Category | |
India | in.msn.com (25639), IN-001 (27044) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (IN) | |
Indonesia | ID-001 (28093), ID.msn.com (28094) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (ID) | |
Ireland | IE-001 (27607), ie.msn.com (27608) | Content Category | |
Italy | IT-001 (20371), it.msn.com (25627) | Content Category | |
Japan | JP-001 (22822), jp.msn.com (25626) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (JP) | |
Korea | kr.msn.com (32267), KR-001 (32269) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (KR) | |
Malaysia | malaysia.msn.com (25640), MY-001 (26210) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (MY) | |
Mexico | mx-001 (25534), prodigy.msn.com (25535) | Content Category | |
Netherlands | NL-001 (20373), nl.msn.com (25786) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (NL) | |
New Zealand | NZ-001 (20378), nz.msn.com (25631) | Content Category | |
Norway | NO-001 (20375) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (NO) | |
Peru | PE-001 (25695), pe.msn.com (25696) | Content Category | |
Philippines | PH-001 (25110), ph.msn.com (25641) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (PH) | |
Portugal | PT-001 (25538), pt.msn.com (25539) | Content Category | |
Russia | RU-001 (26239), ru.msn.com (26272) | Content Category | |
Singapore | xin.msn.com (25642), SG-001 (29208) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (SG) | |
Spain | ES-001 (20365), es.msn.com (27206) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (ES) | |
Sweden | SE-001 (20380), se.msn.com (26245) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (SE) | |
Switzerland | ch.msn.com (25637), CH-001 (24939), | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (CH) | |
Taiwan | tw.msn.com (25536), TW-001 (25537) | Content Category | |
Thailand | th.msn.com (25643), TH-001 (26050) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (TH) | |
Turkey | TR-001 (25438), tr.msn.com (25439) | Content Category | |
UK | UK-001 (20383), uk.msn.com (25630) | Content Category & Domain (MSN.COM) + Country Geo (UK) | |
US | US-001 (20395), us.msn.com (25625) | Content Category |