Azure Backup

Learn how Azure Backup contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy by backing up data to the Azure clouds.

Azure Backup publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API and Vaults API. Tagged areas include Backup, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, and Recovery Services.

Azure Backup’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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43.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

BackupData ProtectionDisaster RecoveryRecovery Services

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 43.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Backup Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Backup Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-azure-backup
name: Azure Backup
description: Learn how Azure Backup contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategy by backing
  up data to the Azure clouds.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-backup.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-backup/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
tags:
- Backup
- Data Protection
- Disaster Recovery
- Recovery Services
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-backup:microsoft-azure-backup-operations-api
  name: Azure Backup Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/backup/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-backup-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/backup/
- aid: microsoft-azure-backup:microsoft-azure-backup-vaults-api
  name: Azure Backup Vaults API
  description: Vaults operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/backup/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Vaults
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-backup-vaults-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/backup/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-backup-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-backup-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-backup-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-backup-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Azure Backup

Kin Score

APIs 2

Azure Backup Operations API

Azure Backup Vaults API

Open Collections 1

Azure Backup REST API

Pricing Plans 1

Microsoft Azure Backup Plans Pricing

Rate Limits 1

Microsoft Azure Backup Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Microsoft Azure Backup Finops

Security Posture 2

Microsoft Azure Backup Authentication

Microsoft Azure Backup Domain Security