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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 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API and Policy Definitions API. Tagged areas include Compliance, Governance, Policy, and Resource Management.

Azure Policy’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, documentation, signup flow, support, and 9 more developer resources.

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49.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
ComplianceGovernancePolicyResource Management

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 49.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 13.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 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.

Azure Policy Operations API

Operations operations

Azure Policy Policy Definitions API

Policy Definitions operations

Open Collections 1

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

Azure Policy REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Policy Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Policy Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Policy Finops

FINOPS

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

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

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

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: 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.
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-policy.png
tags:
- Compliance
- Governance
- Policy
- Resource Management
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
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:
  - 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
- aid: microsoft-azure-policy:microsoft-azure-policy-policy-definitions-api
  name: Azure Policy Policy Definitions API
  description: Policy Definitions operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/policy/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Policy Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    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
common:
- 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com