Azure Policy

Azure Policy is a service that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies that enforce rules and effects over your Azure resources. It helps with compliance, governance, and consistency by evaluating resources against business standards and reporting on their state.

Azure Policy publishes 7 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Operations API, REST API, Policy Assignments API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Compliance, Governance, Policy, and Resource Management.

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

Azure Policy’s developer surface includes CLI, changelog, engineering blog, getting-started guide, authentication, developer portal, pricing, and 35 more developer resources.

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61.1/100 strong ▲ 20.2 Agent 24/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessSelf serve

7 published contracts 1 MCP Servers 2 Agent Skills

Compliance Governance Policy Resource Management

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 61.1/100 · strong

Contract Quality 10.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.9 / 15

Access Clarity 6.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 7.4 / 10

Contract Governance 2.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 24/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 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 0 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 44.7 — up to +11.1 composite points
Contract Quality scores 58.0 — up to +10.5 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points

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Standards implemented 3

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.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 7

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

Azure Policy Operations API

Operations operations

Azure Policy REST API

Azure Resource Manager REST API for Azure Policy (Microsoft.Authorization) - policy definitions, policy set definitions (initiatives), assignments and their versions at subscrip...

Azure Policy Policy Assignments API

The PolicyAssignments API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policyassignments.

Azure Policy Policy Definitions API

The PolicyDefinitions API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policydefinitions.

Azure Policy Policy Definition Versions API

The PolicyDefinitionVersions API from Azure Policy — 9 operation(s) for policydefinitionversions.

Azure Policy Policy Set Definitions API

The PolicySetDefinitions API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policysetdefinitions.

Azure Policy Policy Set Definition Versions API

The PolicySetDefinitionVersions API from Azure Policy — 9 operation(s) for policysetdefinitionversions.

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Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Azure Policy REST Operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Policy REST Operations Policy Definitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Policy REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Azure MCP Server - Azure Policy tools

MCP server requiring OAuth; 1 tool listed.

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 2

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

assign-azure-policy

AGENT SKILL

author-custom-policy-definition

AGENT SKILL

Azure Policy API pricing

Rate limits

Subscription reads: Subscription reads 250 25
Subscription deletes: Subscription deletes 200 10
Subscription writes: Subscription writes 200 10

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Policy Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Policy Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Policy Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Microsoft Azure Policy Context

34 classes · 60 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Azure Policy API Rules

53 rules · 45 errors 4 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

OperationList

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicyAssignment

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicyDefinition

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicyDefinitionVersion

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicySetDefinition

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicySetDefinitionVersionListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PolicySetDefinitionVersion

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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Security Posture 2

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

Microsoft Azure Policy Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Policy Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Policy Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Azure Policy Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 6

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Conventions

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CLI

ToolCrosswalk

SDKs

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityTxt

Security

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Support

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

name: Azure Policy
url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-policy
description: Azure Policy is a service that enables you to create, assign, and manage policies that enforce rules and effects
  over your Azure resources. It helps with compliance, governance, and consistency by evaluating resources against business
  standards and reporting on their state.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-policy.png
tags:
- Compliance
- Governance
- Policy
- Resource Management
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-09-16'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-azure-policy-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-azure-policy-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/microsoft-azure-policy-vocabulary.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-azure-policy-data-model.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/microsoft-azure-policy-cli.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-policy-conventions.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-azure-policy-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-azure-policy-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-azure-policy-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-azure-policy-llms.txt
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/microsoft-azure-policy-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/microsoft-azure-policy-mcp.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-policy-www-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-policy-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-azure-policy-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-azure-policy-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-policy-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-policy-packages.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/security
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/changelog
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/sdk/rendering-cards/android/getting-started
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-policy-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-policy-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-azure-policy-finops.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-policy-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-policy-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-policy-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-policy-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: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-policy
- type: Signup
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- type: Login
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-operations-api
  name: Azure Policy Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/
  - type: Overview
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-operation-list-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policy-definitions-api
  name: Azure Policy REST API
  description: Azure Resource Manager REST API for Azure Policy (Microsoft.Authorization) - policy definitions, policy set
    definitions (initiatives), assignments and their versions at subscription, management group and resource scope, api-version
    2025-01-01.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Policy Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted)
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/resources/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/policy/stable/2025-01-01/policyDefinitions.json
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (generated from docs, superseded)
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-definitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/
  - type: Overview
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-assignment-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-set-definition-version-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-definition-version-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-set-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/microsoft-azure-policy-policy-set-definition-version-list-result-schema.json
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policyassignments-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Assignments API
  description: The PolicyAssignments API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policyassignments.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Policy Assignments
  tags_raw:
  - PolicyAssignments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policyassignments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policydefinitions-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Definitions API
  description: The PolicyDefinitions API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policydefinitions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Policy Definitions
  tags_raw:
  - PolicyDefinitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policydefinitions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policydefinitionversions-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Definition Versions API
  description: The PolicyDefinitionVersions API from Azure Policy — 9 operation(s) for policydefinitionversions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - PolicyDefinitionVersions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policydefinitionversions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policysetdefinitions-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Set Definitions API
  description: The PolicySetDefinitions API from Azure Policy — 6 operation(s) for policysetdefinitions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - PolicySetDefinitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policysetdefinitions-api-openapi.yml
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policysetdefinitionversions-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Set Definition Versions API
  description: The PolicySetDefinitionVersions API from Azure Policy — 9 operation(s) for policysetdefinitionversions.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - PolicySetDefinitionVersions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-policy-policysetdefinitionversions-api-openapi.yml
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-05'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v6

Azure Policy API — frequently asked questions

Does Azure Policy have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from Azure Policy, including Azure Policy Operations API, Azure Policy REST API and Azure Policy Policy Assignments API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Azure Policy API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for Azure Policy, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Azure Policy API?

Azure Policy uses bearer-token authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Microsoft Azure Policy Authentication.

Does Azure Policy have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Azure Policy: MCP server requiring OAuth; 1 tool listed.

Is the Azure Policy API ready for AI agents?

Azure Policy has a Kin Score of 61.1 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 24.3 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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