Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating system (current release Windows Server 2025, Standard and Datacenter editions). Its programmable surfaces are self-hosted on each server rather than called on a Microsoft host: PowerShell and WMI, Windows Remote Management (WS-Management/SOAP), the IIS Administration REST API (default https://localhost:55539), Active Directory over LDAP, Hyper-V, WSUS, DNS/DHCP management and Windows Admin Center extensibility.

Microsoft Windows Server publishes 18 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Application Pools API, Applications API, Websites API, and 15 more. Tagged areas include Data Center, Enterprise, Infrastructure, Microsoft, and Operating System.

The Microsoft Windows Server catalog on APIs.io includes 2 JSON-LD contexts and 3 Spectral governance rulesets.

Microsoft Windows Server’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, release notes, support, and 41 more developer resources.

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66.7/100 exemplar ▲ 20.1 Agent 26/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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1 published contract 1 MCP Servers

Data Center Enterprise Infrastructure Microsoft Operating System Server ManagementWindows ServerWindows Server 2025

Kin Score

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

Composite quality — 66.7/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 11.5 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 9.8 / 15

Access Clarity 13.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 5.4 / 10

Contract Governance 2.9 / 9

Discoverability 4.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.3 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · 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 0 / 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 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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.

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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):

Contract Quality scores 61.3 — up to +9.7 composite points
Contract Governance scores 31.8 — up to +8.2 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 65.5 — up to +6.9 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Data Center Tier Certification (facility certification, open hardware, efficiency bodies)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

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)

APIs 18

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

Windows Server Management API

PowerShell and WMI-based management APIs for Windows Server administration.

Windows Remote Management (WinRM)

WS-Management protocol implementation for remote management of Windows servers using SOAP-based web services for configuration and operations.

Active Directory Domain Services API

LDAP and REST APIs for Active Directory management and authentication.

Hyper-V Management API

APIs for managing Hyper-V virtualization platform including virtual machines, virtual switches, and virtual storage.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) API

APIs for managing Windows updates across enterprise environments.

Windows Admin Center API

Modern web-based management interface REST API for Windows Server that provides a gateway service for relaying commands and scripts to managed nodes.

DNS Server Management API

APIs for managing Windows DNS Server services.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) API

Infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems providing COM, scripting, and .NET APIs for system administration and monitoring.

Remote Desktop Services API

Win32 API for managing Remote Desktop Services including session management, virtual channels, user configuration, and the Remote Desktop Protocol.

Failover Clustering API

APIs for defining and managing software and hardware components on failover clusters to increase application scalability and availability.

DHCP Server Management API

APIs and PowerShell cmdlets for managing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server services including leases, reservations, and scopes.

SMB File Server API

Server Message Block protocol APIs and WMI management classes for managing file shares, share access, and network file sharing across Windows Server environments.

Windows Event Log API

API for instrumenting, querying, and consuming event logs on Windows Server for diagnostics, monitoring, and auditing.

Storage Spaces Direct API

APIs and PowerShell management for software-defined storage enabling clustering of servers with internal storage for hyper-converged infrastructure.

Network Policy Server (NPS) RADIUS API

Network Policy Server providing centralized RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting for wireless, VPN, and dial-up connections.

Microsoft Windows Server Application Pools API

Application pools provide an isolation mechanism for processes on the web server. There are many different settings available to fine-tune the behavior of the worker processes u...

Microsoft Windows Server Applications API

Applications provide a method to differentiate sections of a web site. An application belongs to a single web site and will handle requests for the web site at the application p...

Microsoft Windows Server Websites API

Web sites are a core entity of IIS that determine where and how requests will be handled. The web site API allows consumers to create, read, delete, or update their web sites.

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Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

IIS Administration Application Pools API

POSTMAN

IIS Administration Application Pools Applications API

POSTMAN

IIS Administration Application Pools Web Sites API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 4

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

IIS Administration API

OPEN COLLECTION

IIS Administration Application Pools API

OPEN COLLECTION

IIS Administration Application Pools Applications API

OPEN COLLECTION

IIS Administration Application Pools Web Sites API

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

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

Microsoft Learn MCP Server (covers Windows Server documentation)

Remote MCP server at learn.microsoft.com; 3 tools listed.

MCP SERVER

Microsoft Windows Server API pricing

Prices published by Microsoft Windows Server.

Plan	Price
Windows Server 2025 Standard edition	Suggested MSRP: $1,176
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter edition	Suggested MSRP: $6,771
Pay-as-you-go via Azure Arc	$33.58 per CPU core/ month; $0.046/ hour

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Windows Server Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Windows Server Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Microsoft Windows Server

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Windows Server Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 2

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

Iis Administration Context

0 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Microsoft Windows Server Context

0 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 3

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Microsoft Windows Server — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Microsoft Windows Server API Rules

65 rules · 61 errors 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Microsoft Windows Server API Rules

16 rules · 8 errors 8 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 72

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

ApplicationCreate

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationLinks

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolCreate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolLinks

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolReference

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPool

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolUpdate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Application

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationUpdate

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Binding

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Certificate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CpuSettings

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Error

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

HalLink

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Identity

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PeriodicRestart

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProcessModel

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProcessOrphaning

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RapidFailProtection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RecyclingLogEvents

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Recycling

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteCreate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteLimits

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteLinks

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteReference

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSite

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteUpdate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationCreate

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolCreate

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPool

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolUpdate

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Application

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationUpdate

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationCreate

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationLinks

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPool

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolCreate

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolLinks

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolReference

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationPoolUpdate

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ApplicationUpdate

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Binding

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Certificate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CpuSettings

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Error

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

HalLink

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Identity

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

PeriodicRestart

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProcessModel

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ProcessOrphaning

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RapidFailProtection

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Recycling

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

RecyclingLogEvents

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IIS Web Site

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteCreate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSite

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteUpdate

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSite

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteCreate

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteLimits

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteLinks

19 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteReference

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteSummary

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

WebSiteUpdate

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 31

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Iis Administration Application Create Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Links Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Create Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Links Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Reference Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Summary Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Pool Update Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Summary Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Application Update Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Binding Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Certificate Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Cpu Settings Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Error Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Hal Link Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Identity Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Periodic Restart Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Process Model Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Process Orphaning Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Rapid Fail Protection Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Recycling Log Events Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Recycling Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Create Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Limits Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Links Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Reference Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Summary Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Iis Administration Web Site Update Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Microsoft Windows Server Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 30

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Iis Administration Application Create Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Links Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Create Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Links Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Reference Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Summary Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Pool Update Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Summary Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Application Update Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Binding Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Certificate Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Cpu Settings Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Error Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Hal Link Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Identity Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Periodic Restart Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Process Model Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Process Orphaning Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Rapid Fail Protection Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Recycling Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Recycling Log Events Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Create Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Limits Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Links Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Reference Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Summary Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Iis Administration Web Site Update Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 4

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

Microsoft Windows Server Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Windows Server Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Windows Server Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Microsoft Windows Server Trust Center

GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Windows Server Agentic Access

15 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 10

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

Spectral

Spectral

JSONLD

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

Lifecycle

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

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Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

CodeOfConduct

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 8

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

Compliance

SecurityTxt

SecurityTxt

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Security

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Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation

StatusPage

IssueTracker

ReleaseNotes

Support

ChangeLog

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Leadership

Leadership

Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-windows-server
name: Microsoft Windows Server
description: 'Microsoft Windows Server is Microsoft''s server operating system (current release Windows Server 2025, Standard
  and Datacenter editions). Its programmable surfaces are self-hosted on each server rather than called on a Microsoft host:
  PowerShell and WMI, Windows Remote Management (WS-Management/SOAP), the IIS Administration REST API (default https://localhost:55539),
  Active Directory over LDAP, Hyper-V, WSUS, DNS/DHCP management and Windows Admin Center extensibility.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license_evidence:
    not_product:
    - microsoft/iis.administration
    - microsoft/windows-admin-center-sdk
    - microsoftdocs/windowsserverdocs
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-not-product
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  try_now_blocked_by: loopback
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-windows-server.png
url: https://www.microsoft.com/windows-server
tags:
- Data Center
- Enterprise
- Infrastructure
- Microsoft
- Operating System
- Server Management
- Windows Server
- Windows Server 2025
tags_raw:
- Datacenter
- Enterprise
- Infrastructure
- Microsoft
- Operating System
- Server Management
- Windows Server
- Windows Server 2025
- Data-Center
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-11-04'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-windows-server-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-windows-server-rules.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-windows-server-jsonschema-spectral-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-windows-server-context.jsonld
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/iis-administration-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/microsoft-windows-server-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-windows-server-data-model.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-server-2025
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/windows-server-release-info
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-windows-server-lifecycle.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-windows-server-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-windows-server-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-windows-server-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/microsoft-windows-server-mcp.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-windows-server-security.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-windows-server-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-windows-server-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-windows-server-vendors.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-windows-server-packages.yml
- type: Leadership
  url: https://news.microsoft.com/leadership
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/sdk/rendering-cards/android/getting-started
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/microsoft-windows-server-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-windows-server-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-windows-server-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-windows-server-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/windows-server
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/Microsoft/windows-admin-center-sdk/issues
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-admin-center-sdk/blob/master/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/microsoft-windows-server/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-windows-server-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-windows-server-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-windows-server-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/
- type: Blog
  url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server/bg-p/WindowsServer
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/whats-new-windows-server-2025
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs
- type: Security
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/security/tls/tls-ssl-schannel-ssp-overview
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/pricing
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/windows-server-release-info
- type: Login
  url: https://account.microsoft.com/
apis:
- name: Windows Server Management API
  description: PowerShell and WMI-based management APIs for Windows Server administration.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Management
  - PowerShell
  - WMI
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/windows/get-started
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
    url: https://support.microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-windows-server:windows-server-management-api
- name: Windows Remote Management (WinRM)
  description: WS-Management protocol implementation for remote management of Windows servers using SOAP-based web services
    for configuration and operations.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/winrm/portal
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- name: DHCP Server Management API
  description: APIs and PowerShell cmdlets for managing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server services including leases,
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  properties:
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  description: Server Message Block protocol APIs and WMI management classes for managing file shares, share access, and network
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  properties:
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- name: Windows Event Log API
  description: API for instrumenting, querying, and consuming event logs on Windows Server for diagnostics, monitoring, and
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  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wes/windows-event-log
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  - Monitoring
  properties:
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- name: Storage Spaces Direct API
  description: APIs and PowerShell management for software-defined storage enabling clustering of servers with internal storage
    for hyper-converged infrastructure.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/storage-spaces-direct-overview
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  description: Network Policy Server providing centralized RADIUS authentication, authorization, and accounting for wireless,
    VPN, and dial-up connections.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nps/nps-top
  baseURL: https://localhost
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Network Access
  - NPS
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  properties:
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  name: Microsoft Windows Server Application Pools API
  description: Application pools provide an isolation mechanism for processes on the web server. There are many different
    settings available to fine-tune the behavior of the worker processes used to serve requests through IIS.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/
  baseURL: https://localhost:55539
  tags:
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  properties:
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    url: json-schema/microsoft-windows-server-application-pool-summary-schema.json
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  name: Microsoft Windows Server Applications API
  description: Applications provide a method to differentiate sections of a web site. An application belongs to a single web
    site and will handle requests for the web site at the application path.
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Microsoft Windows Server API — frequently asked questions

Does Microsoft Windows Server have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 18 APIs from Microsoft Windows Server, including Windows Server Management API, Windows Remote Management (WinRM) and Active Directory Domain Services API, and 15 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Microsoft Windows Server API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Microsoft Windows Server, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Microsoft Windows Server API?

Microsoft Windows Server uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Microsoft Windows Server Authentication.

How much does the Microsoft Windows Server API cost?

Microsoft Windows Server publishes its prices; its Windows Server 2025 Standard edition plan is Suggested MSRP: $1,176 as of 2026-11-04. APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Microsoft Windows Server, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Microsoft Windows Server have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Microsoft Windows Server: Remote MCP server at learn.microsoft.com; 3 tools listed.

Is the Microsoft Windows Server API ready for AI agents?

Microsoft Windows Server has a Kin Score of 66.7 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.6 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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