# Azure Data Lake Storage

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-data-lake/  
**Website:** https://portal.azure.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 REST API provides a file system interface for big data analytics workloads on Azure Blob Storage. It supports creating file systems, managing directories and files with hierarchical namespace, setting ACLs, and integrating with analytics engines.

## Kin Score — 34.8 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 51.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (1)

- **Azure Data Lake Storage Filesystems API** — Filesystems operations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Data Lake Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Microsoft Azure Data Lake Authentication** — apiKey · 2 schemes
- **Microsoft Azure Data Lake Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Data Lake Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Analytics, Big Data, Data Lake, Hierarchical Storage

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-data-lake/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.