Microsoft Surface

aid: microsoft-surface
name: Microsoft Surface
description: Microsoft Surface is a line of touchscreen-based personal computers and accessories designed and developed by
  Microsoft. Surface provides enterprise management APIs through UEFI configuration and Intune integration for managing Surface
  devices at scale. Surface publishes no public REST, GraphQL or MCP contract; management is delivered through Surface Enterprise
  Management Mode (SEMM), the Surface Management Portal inside Microsoft Intune, and the Surface IT Toolkit.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: low
  probe_state: none
  source:
  - finops
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-surface.png
tags:
- Device Management
- Enterprise IT
- Firmware
- Hardware
- Microsoft
- Surface
- UEFI
url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-11-12'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/changelog
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-surface-llms.txt
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-surface-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-surface-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-surface-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-surface-vendors.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/security
- type: Leadership
  url: https://news.microsoft.com/leadership
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-surface-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-surface-finops.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-surface-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/microsoft-surface
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/
- 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://support.microsoft.com/surface
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace
- url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/s/gxcuf89792/rss/board?board.id=SurfaceITPro
  type: Blog
- type: UsageTerms
  url: terms/microsoft-surface-terms-of-service.yml
- type: DataProcessing
  url: privacy/microsoft-surface-privacy-policy.yml
- type: Eligibility
  url: eligibility/microsoft-surface-eligibility.yml
- type: AIPreferences
  url: ai-preferences/microsoft-surface-ai-preferences.yml
- type: DataLicense
  url: data-license/microsoft-surface-data-license.yml
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-management-portal
apis:
- aid: microsoft-surface:management-api
  name: Surface Management API
  tags:
  - Device Management
  - Firmware
  - Surface
  - UEFI
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-enterprise-management-mode
  properties:
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-enterprise-management-mode
    type: Documentation
  description: The Surface Management API provides enterprise management capabilities for Surface devices through UEFI configuration,
    firmware updates, and Intune integration. IT administrators can configure device settings, manage security features, deploy
    firmware updates, and control hardware components programmatically.
integrations:
- name: Microsoft
- name: Two people looking at a computer.
- name: This is placeholder text for
- name: IDC
- name: Nationwide
- name: RSA company
- name: Teleperformance
- name: A woman smiling at a laptop
- name: A man holding a laptop.
x-parent: microsoft
x-relationship: product
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-12'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 0
  pass: local-v6
x-coverage:
  state: none
  reason: no-developer-program
  detail: Surface device management is documented on learn.microsoft.com as SEMM, the Intune-hosted Surface Management Portal
    and the Surface IT Toolkit, none of which publishes a callable API contract; no Surface package on NuGet and no llms.txt
    on the Surface docs path.
  evidence:
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-enterprise-management-mode
    status: 200
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-management-portal
    status: 200
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/llms.txt
    status: 404
  checked: '2026-11-12'