# Azure Policy

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-policy/  
**Website:** https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-policy  
**APIs profiled:** 2

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.

## Kin Score — 43.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 43.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 50.3 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 60.5 |
| Access Clarity | 60.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Insurance**: 56.1 (matched via tags).

## 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 (2)

- **Azure Policy Operations API** — Operations operations
- **Azure Policy Policy Definitions API** — Policy Definitions operations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Policy Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 3 acting

## Security (2)

- **Microsoft Azure Policy Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Microsoft Azure Policy Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Azure Policy Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Compliance, Governance, Policy, Resource Management

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