Microsoft Azure Batch

Azure Batch is Microsoft’s managed job-scheduling and cluster-management service for large-scale parallel and high-performance computing workloads. You describe pools of virtual machines, jobs and tasks through a REST API; Batch allocates the compute, schedules the work across it, retries failures, and scales the pool up and down against a formula you supply. Microsoft publishes two machine-readable contracts for it in the open azure-rest-api-specs repository: a 72-operation data plane per Batch account, and a 42-operation Azure Resource Manager control plane for the accounts themselves. There is no charge for Batch; you pay for the virtual machines, storage and networking the pools consume, with Spot VMs as the discount lever. Authentication is Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 (or a legacy shared key), and effective permission comes from Azure RBAC rather than from OAuth scopes.

Microsoft Azure Batch publishes 16 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including microsoft-azure-batch Jobs API, microsoft-azure-batch Pools API, microsoft-azure-batch Tasks API, and 13 more. Tagged areas include Batch, Compute, Job Scheduling, High Performance Computing, and Cloud.

The Microsoft Azure Batch catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Microsoft Azure Batch’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, support, engineering blog, documentation, API reference, and 50 more developer resources.

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68.6/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 35/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
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4 published contracts 2 Agent Skills

Batch Compute Job Scheduling High Performance Computing Cloud Microsoft Microsoft AzureParallel ProcessingScheduling Infrastructure

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

BatchAccountJob SchedulesJobsNodesPoolPools

POST /pools/{poolId}/nodes/{nodeId}/reimage PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/{accountName} POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/{accountName}/listKeys PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Batch/batchAccounts/{accountName}/pools/{poolName}

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 68.6/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 11.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 11.0 / 15

Access Clarity 8.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.7 / 10

Contract Governance 3.2 / 9

Discoverability 6.3 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
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Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too Ask about this →

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 16

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

microsoft-azure-batch Jobs API

The Jobs API from microsoft-azure-batch — 1 operation(s) for jobs. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view; the complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry below.

microsoft-azure-batch Pools API

The Pools API from microsoft-azure-batch — 2 operation(s) for pools. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view; the complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry b...

microsoft-azure-batch Tasks API

The Tasks API from microsoft-azure-batch — 1 operation(s) for tasks. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view; the complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry b...

Microsoft Azure Batch Application API

The Application API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for application.

Microsoft Azure Batch Application Package API

The ApplicationPackage API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for applicationpackage.

Microsoft Azure Batch Applications API

The Applications API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for applications.

Microsoft Azure Batch Batch Account API

The BatchAccount API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 7 operation(s) for batchaccount.

Microsoft Azure Batch Detector Responses API

The DetectorResponses API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for detectorresponses.

Microsoft Azure Batch Job Schedules API

The Job Schedules API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 5 operation(s) for job schedules.

Microsoft Azure Batch Location API

The Location API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for location.

Microsoft Azure Batch Network Security Perimeter API

The NetworkSecurityPerimeter API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for networksecurityperimeter.

Microsoft Azure Batch Nodes API

The Nodes API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 16 operation(s) for nodes.

Microsoft Azure Batch Operations API

The Operations API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 1 operation(s) for operations.

Microsoft Azure Batch Pool API

The Pool API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 4 operation(s) for pool.

Microsoft Azure Batch Private Link Resource API

The PrivateLinkResource API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for privatelinkresource.

Microsoft Azure Batch Private Endpoint Connection API

The Private Endpoint Connection API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for private endpoint connection.

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Microsoft Azure Batch API pricing

Rate limits

Batch accounts per region per subscription: Azure Batch accounts per region per subscription 1-3 50
Dedicated cores per Batch account: Dedicated cores per Batch account 0-900
Low-priority (Spot) cores per Batch account: Low-priority cores per Batch account 0-100

LICENSE

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Batch Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Microsoft Azure Batch Context

120 classes · 215 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

Microsoft Azure Batch API Rules

58 rules · 49 error-severity 6 warn-severity 3 info-severity

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 2

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Microsoft Azure Batch Batch Service Overlay

8 actions · update · microsoft-azure-batch-batch-service-openapi.json

DERIVED

Microsoft Azure Batch Management Overlay

2 actions · update · microsoft-azure-batch-management-openapi.json

DERIVED

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

UploadBatchServiceLogsResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Azure Batch Authentication

oauth2/shared-key · 3 schemes

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Batch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Batch Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Batch Trust Center

GDPR

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Batch Scopes

2 scopes · implicit

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Microsoft Azure Batch Agentic Access

114 operations · 63 acting · 11 human-in-the-loop

114 operations · 63 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

GettingStarted

DeveloperPortal

SignUp

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

AIPreferences

AIPreferences

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 10

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Idempotency

Lifecycle

DataModel

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Build 7

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

IntegrationEdges

IntegrationEdges

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Examples

SourceCode

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Access & Security 8

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

SecurityTxt

Security

Compliance

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Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 7

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

FinOps

UsageTerms

DataLicense

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Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Vendors

Leadership

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Eligibility

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Source (apis.yml)

name: Microsoft Azure Batch
aid: microsoft-azure-batch
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - azure/azure-rest-api-specs
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-batch.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-batch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-09-17'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
description: 'Azure Batch is Microsoft’s managed job-scheduling and cluster-management service for large-scale parallel and
  high-performance computing workloads. You describe pools of virtual machines, jobs and tasks through a REST API; Batch allocates
  the compute, schedules the work across it, retries failures, and scales the pool up and down against a formula you supply.
  Microsoft publishes two machine-readable contracts for it in the open azure-rest-api-specs repository: a 72-operation data
  plane per Batch account, and a 42-operation Azure Resource Manager control plane for the accounts themselves. There is no
  charge for Batch; you pay for the virtual machines, storage and networking the pools consume, with Spot VMs as the discount
  lever. Authentication is Microsoft Entra ID OAuth 2.0 (or a legacy shared key), and effective permission comes from Azure
  RBAC rather than from OAuth scopes.'
tags:
- Batch
- Compute
- Job Scheduling
- High Performance Computing
- Cloud
- Microsoft
- Microsoft Azure
- Parallel Processing
- Scheduling
- Infrastructure
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-azure-batch-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-azure-batch-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/microsoft-azure-batch-vocabulary.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-azure-batch-problem-types.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-azure-batch-hosts.yml
- type: IntegrationEdges
  url: integrations/microsoft-azure-batch-integration-edges.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-azure-batch-vendors.yml
- type: Leadership
  url: https://news.microsoft.com/leadership
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/microsoft-azure-batch-capability-edges.yml
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-service-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/microsoft-azure-batch-management-overlay.yaml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/microsoft-azure-batch-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-azure-batch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-batch-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-batch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-batch-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-batch-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/
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/quick-create-portal
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/batch
- type: SignUp
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-batch-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-batch-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/microsoft-azure-batch-cli.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-batch-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-batch-security.txt
- type: Security
  url: security/microsoft-azure-batch-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: conformance/microsoft-azure-batch-conformance.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-azure-batch-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-azure-batch-error-codes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-batch-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-batch-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-azure-batch-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-azure-batch-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/microsoft-azure-batch-changelog.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-batch-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-batch-plans-pricing.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-azure-batch-data-model.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-azure-batch-llms.txt
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Examples
  url: examples/_index.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-azure-batch-finops.yml
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/batch
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/microsoft-azure-batch-terms-of-service.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/microsoft-azure-batch-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/microsoft-azure-batch-ai-preferences.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/microsoft-azure-batch-data-license.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-jobs-api
  name: microsoft-azure-batch Jobs API
  description: The Jobs API from microsoft-azure-batch — 1 operation(s) for jobs. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view; the
    complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry below.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-batch.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Job
  tags_raw:
  - Jobs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-jobs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-create-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-update-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-preparation-and-release-task-status-list-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-counts-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-pools-api
  name: microsoft-azure-batch Pools API
  description: The Pools API from microsoft-azure-batch — 2 operation(s) for pools. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view;
    the complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry below.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-batch.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Pools
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-pools-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-create-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-update-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-replace-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-enable-auto-scale-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-pool-resize-options-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-tasks-api
  name: microsoft-azure-batch Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from microsoft-azure-batch — 1 operation(s) for tasks. Partial, API Evangelist-authored view;
    the complete provider contract is the Azure Batch Service API entry below.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-batch.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-create-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-group-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-node-file-list-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-list-subtasks-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-task-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-application-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Application API
  description: The Application API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for application.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Application
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-application-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-list-applications-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-applicationpackage-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Application Package API
  description: The ApplicationPackage API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for applicationpackage.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - ApplicationPackage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-applicationpackage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-application-package-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-list-application-packages-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-activate-application-package-parameters-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-applications-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Applications API
  description: The Applications API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for applications.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-application-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-application-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-batchaccount-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Batch Account API
  description: The BatchAccount API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 7 operation(s) for batchaccount.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - BatchAccount
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-batchaccount-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-account-create-parameters-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-account-update-parameters-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-account-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-account-keys-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-account-list-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-outbound-environment-endpoint-collection-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-detectorresponses-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Detector Responses API
  description: The DetectorResponses API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for detectorresponses.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - DetectorResponses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-detectorresponses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-detector-response-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-detector-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-job-schedules-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Job Schedules API
  description: The Job Schedules API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 5 operation(s) for job schedules.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Job Schedules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-job-schedules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-schedule-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-schedule-create-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-schedule-update-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-job-schedule-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-location-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Location API
  description: The Location API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for location.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Location
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-location-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-check-name-availability-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-supported-skus-result-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-location-quota-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-check-name-availability-parameters-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-networksecurityperimeter-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Network Security Perimeter API
  description: The NetworkSecurityPerimeter API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 3 operation(s) for networksecurityperimeter.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - NetworkSecurityPerimeter
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-networksecurityperimeter-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-network-security-perimeter-configuration-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-nodes-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Nodes API
  description: The Nodes API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 16 operation(s) for nodes.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Node
  tags_raw:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-upload-batch-service-logs-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-node-user-create-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-node-user-update-options-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-batch-node-remote-login-settings-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-upload-batch-service-logs-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-operations-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 1 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-operation-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-pool-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Pool API
  description: The Pool API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 4 operation(s) for pool.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - Pool
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-pool-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-pool-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-list-pools-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-privatelinkresource-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Private Link Resource API
  description: The PrivateLinkResource API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for privatelinkresource.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://{account}.{region}.batch.azure.com
  tags:
  - PrivateLinkResource
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-privatelinkresource-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-private-link-resource-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-list-private-link-resources-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-batch:microsoft-azure-batch-private-endpoint-connection-api
  name: Microsoft Azure Batch Private Endpoint Connection API
  description: The Private Endpoint Connection API from Microsoft Azure Batch — 2 operation(s) for private endpoint connection.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Private Endpoint Connection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-batch-private-endpoint-connection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/_index.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchservice/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-private-endpoint-connection-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-batch-list-private-endpoint-connections-result-schema.json
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- Compute
- Job Scheduling
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- Cloud
- Microsoft
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- Parallel Processing
- Scheduling
- Infrastructure
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Microsoft Azure Batch API — frequently asked questions

Does Microsoft Azure Batch have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 16 APIs from Microsoft Azure Batch, including microsoft-azure-batch Jobs API, microsoft-azure-batch Pools API and microsoft-azure-batch Tasks API, and 13 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Microsoft Azure Batch API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 16 OpenAPI specifications for Microsoft Azure Batch, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Microsoft Azure Batch API?

Microsoft Azure Batch documents its authentication (oauth2/shared-key · 3 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Microsoft Azure Batch Authentication.

Is the Microsoft Azure Batch API ready for AI agents?

Microsoft Azure Batch has a Kin Score of 68.6 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 34.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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