Microsoft Azure Private Link

Microsoft Azure Private Link gives a virtual network a private IP address onto an Azure PaaS service, a partner service, or a service the customer publishes themselves, so traffic reaches it across the Microsoft backbone and never traverses the public internet. It has two sides. A consumer creates a private endpoint pointing at a target resource id and attaches a private DNS zone group so the service's own hostname resolves to that private address. A producer publishes a private link service in front of a Standard Load Balancer, hands out an opaque alias, and approves or rejects the connections that arrive — including connections from other tenants. Both sides are managed through the Azure Resource Manager REST API at management.azure.com, which Microsoft publishes as Swagger 2.0 in its azure-rest-api-specs repository: 24 operations at api-version 2025-03-01, OAuth2 bearer only, with no API key and no anonymous surface.

Microsoft Azure Private Link publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: microsoft-azure-private-link Operations API and microsoft-azure-private-link Private Endpoints API. Tagged areas include Networking, Private Connectivity, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtual Networks, and DNS.

Microsoft Azure Private Link’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, quickstart, engineering blog, pricing, and 34 more developer resources.

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64.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 APIs

Networking Private Connectivity Cloud Infrastructure Virtual Networks DNS SecurityAzure Resource ManagerInfrastructure-as-a-Service

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 64.0/100 · strong

Contract Quality 7.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 11.0 / 15

Access Clarity 10.3 / 15

Operational Transparency 8.7 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

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 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

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 2

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

microsoft-azure-private-link Operations API

Operations operations

microsoft-azure-private-link Private Endpoints API

Private Endpoints operations

Open Collections 4

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Private Link REST Operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Private Link REST Operations Private Endpoints API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Private Link REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Private Link Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Private Link Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Private Link Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 4

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

Microsoft Azure Private Link Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Private Link Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Private Link Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Private Link Trust Center

GDPR

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Private Link Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Azure Private Link Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

Portal

GettingStarted

Quickstart

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Idempotency

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

SDKs

CLI

Access & Security 8

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Compliance

TrustCenter

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

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Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Roadmap

Support

RateLimits

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-azure-private-link
name: Microsoft Azure Private Link
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
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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-private-link.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-private-link/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-private-link:microsoft-azure-private-link-operations-api
  name: microsoft-azure-private-link Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-private-link.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-private-link-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/microsoft-azure-private-link-operations-api-overlay.yaml
- aid: microsoft-azure-private-link:microsoft-azure-private-link-private-endpoints-api
  name: microsoft-azure-private-link Private Endpoints API
  description: Private Endpoints operations
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-private-link.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/virtualnetwork/private-endpoints
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Private Endpoints
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-private-link-private-endpoints-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Private endpoints (Microsoft, verbatim Swagger 2.0, api-version 2025-03-01)
    type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_original/microsoft-azure-private-link-private-endpoint-swagger.json
  - name: Private link services (Microsoft, verbatim Swagger 2.0, api-version 2025-03-01)
    type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/_original/microsoft-azure-private-link-private-link-service-swagger.json
  - name: Upstream contract source (Azure/azure-rest-api-specs)
    type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/main/specification/network/resource-manager/Microsoft.Network/Network/stable/2025-03-01/privateEndpoint.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/virtualnetwork/private-endpoints
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/virtualnetwork/private-link-services
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/microsoft-azure-private-link-private-endpoints-api-overlay.yaml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/private-link/private-link-overview
- type: APIReference
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/virtualnetwork/private-endpoints
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/private-link/create-private-endpoint-portal
- type: Quickstart
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/private-link/create-private-endpoint-portal
- type: Blog
  url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/azure/blog/azurenetworkingblog
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?category=networking
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/private-link/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-azure-private-link-plans-pricing.yml
- type: SignUp
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- 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://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/options/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-private-link-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-private-link-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-private-link-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-private-link-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/microsoft-azure-private-link-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-azure-private-link-problem-types.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-azure-private-link-rate-limits.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-azure-private-link-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-azure-private-link-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/?updateType=retirements
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/microsoft-azure-private-link-changelog.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-private-link-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/microsoft-azure-private-link-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/microsoft-azure-private-link-cli.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-azure-private-link-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-azure-private-link-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/compliance/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/microsoft-azure-private-link-trust-center.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/cvd
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-azure-private-link-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-private-link-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-azure-private-link-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-private-link-domain-security.yml
tags:
- Networking
- Private Connectivity
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Networks
- DNS
- Security
- Azure Resource Manager
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service
tags_raw:
- Networking
- Private Connectivity
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Networks
- DNS
- Security
- Azure Resource Manager
- Infrastructure as a Service
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-09-17'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
description: 'Microsoft Azure Private Link gives a virtual network a private IP address onto an Azure PaaS service, a partner
  service, or a service the customer publishes themselves, so traffic reaches it across the Microsoft backbone and never traverses
  the public internet. It has two sides. A consumer creates a private endpoint pointing at a target resource id and attaches
  a private DNS zone group so the service''s own hostname resolves to that private address. A producer publishes a private
  link service in front of a Standard Load Balancer, hands out an opaque alias, and approves or rejects the connections that
  arrive — including connections from other tenants. Both sides are managed through the Azure Resource Manager REST API at
  management.azure.com, which Microsoft publishes as Swagger 2.0 in its azure-rest-api-specs repository: 24 operations at
  api-version 2025-03-01, OAuth2 bearer only, with no API key and no anonymous surface.'
x-parent: microsoft-azure
x-relationship: product
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-17'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 23
  pass: local-v3

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