Microsoft Azure

azure.microsoft.com · Compute / VPS / Cloud Hosting modeIntegrated

Last probed 2026-08-09 23:49 UTC · Verified (Partial)

Microsoft Azure — Self-serve cloud infrastructure, free-tier signup.

63 / 100Interrupt Score(range 32–82 · 7 properties unassessed)How much automated use this service interrupts — the badge-driving metric. Unassessed properties are provisionally scored at 50%; evidence-graded successes at 25%.

Custody / RiskUnknown

ConfidenceVerified (Partial)

Verdict: An agent can discover, activate, and operate on its own. Manage isn't assessed yet.

DiscoverEasy
ActivateEasy
OperateEasy
ManageNot assessed

Capability parity

Each stage answers one question about what an agent can do unattended. Stages are ordered by the credential-gateway dependency: Activate issues the keys that unlock Operate and Manage.

Discover

Can an agent find and read it, no account?

Easy

Be found by a retrieval agentEasy
Retrieval access present.
Evidence
Path tried
robots.txt / sitemap / discovery headers
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 2 (live attempt)
Verification
Evidence-only — graded from passive signal, not live-verified.
Backing checks
retrieval_bot_access, sitemap_xml
Read what it does and how to use itEasy
Machine-readable docs present.
Evidence
Path tried
llms.txt / AGENTS.md / schema.org / docs
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 1 (unauth probe)
Verification
Evidence-only — graded from passive signal, not live-verified.
Backing checks
llms_txt
Read pricing & limits without loginNot assessed

Activate

Can an agent sign up and walk away with the keys it needs?

Easy

Create an account self-serveEasy
Signup inspected — no blocker found.
Evidence
Path tried
signup flow
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 1 (unauth probe)
Verification
Evidence-only — graded from passive signal, not live-verified.
Obtain an API / MCP access credentialEasy
Self-serve credential path detected.
Evidence
Path tried
docs → key issuance
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 1 (unauth probe)
Verification
Evidence-only — graded from passive signal, not live-verified.
Backing checks
api_key_self_serve
Obtain a management / admin keyNot assessed
Accept the terms without a bot-banEasy
No bot-prohibition signal found.
Evidence
Path tried
ToS / policy scan
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 0 (passive scan)
Verification
Evidence-only — graded from passive signal, not live-verified.

Operate

Can an agent do the service's actual jobs — call, transact, pay?

Easy

Call the primary service over MCP / APIEasy
Verified by a live call.
Evidence
Path tried
API / MCP / browser
Where it stalled
completed
Evidence tier
Tier 2 (live attempt)
Verification
Verified — a live attempt completed.
Complete a transaction / checkoutNot applicable
Integrated tool — the API call is the transaction, no separate checkout.
Pay via an agent rail (x402 / ACP / AP2)Not assessed

Manage

Can an agent administer the account and provision resources?

Not assessed

Provision / scale / tear down a serviceNot assessed
Change account details / set budget / rotate keysNot assessed
View usage & billingNot assessed
Cancel / export / delete (offboard)Not assessed

Findings

How scoring works →

Interrupt tier: Moderate-Interrupt — derived from 1 finding; interrupt score 63 / 100 — the badge-driving metric. (range 31.8–81.8 · 7 unassessed)

Every tool starts at 100. Each interrupt found subtracts a penalty of base weight × timing × hardness × evidence — the multiplier values below come from the same rubric tables the score is computed with. New snapshots also provisionally subtract 50% of the full worst-case tax for each unassessed property and 25% for evidence-graded successes not live-verified by Tier 2.

Property coverage

A check only counts as clean when a probe tier capable of detecting that interrupt actually ran and found nothing. Not tested ≠ clean.

Property	Stage	State	Evidence	Required
Manual approval queue	activate	failed	Active finding — itemized in the penalty matrix below. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
Mandatory redirect to vendor’s own site	operate	failed	Active finding — itemized in the penalty matrix below. Tier 1 assesses this property.	no
Mandatory phone verification call	activate	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
Mailed physical code (postal)	activate	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
“Contact sales” wall (no self-serve path)	activate	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
Rate-limit-triggered manual review	manage	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
One-time account / payment-method provisioning	manage	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
Identity / KYC verification	activate	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
Crypto wallet / key-custody setup	operate	unassessed	Tier 2 (live attempt) ran but did not gather enough evidence to claim clean. Tier 2 assesses this property.	no
CAPTCHA / bot-challenge	activate	success	None found — checked at Tier 0 (passive scan) + Tier 1 (unauth probe) + Tier 2 (live attempt) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 0 assesses this property.	no
Email OTP verification	activate	success	None found — checked at Tier 1 (unauth probe) + Tier 2 (live attempt) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 1 assesses this property.	no
SMS / phone OTP verification	activate	success	None found — checked at Tier 1 (unauth probe) + Tier 2 (live attempt) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 1 assesses this property.	no
ToS clause banning automated/bot access	discover	success	None found — checked at Tier 0 (passive scan) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 0 assesses this property.	no
SSO-only signup, no API-key issuance	activate	success	None found — checked at Tier 1 (unauth probe) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 1 assesses this property.	no
No Machine Interface	operate	success	None found — checked at Tier 1 (unauth probe) (evidence-graded; not yet live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) Tier 1 assesses this property.	yes

Interrupt found	Base weight	× Timing	× Hardness	× Evidence	= Penalty
Starting score					100
Mandatory redirect to vendor’s own siteSignupSignup mandatorily redirects off-domain to https://signup.azure.com/signup?offer=ms-azr-0003p&appId=102&l=en-us.	4	×1one-time setup	×1soft	×0.8Tier 1 (unauth probe)	−3.2
Total penalty					−3.2
Full unknown tax 89 — capped at 25 (point score uses 50% of the capped value)					−89
Evidence-graded tax (successes not live-verified by a Tier 2 probe) 158.2 — capped at 25 (point score uses 25% of the capped value)					−158.2
Raw score = 100 − 3.2 = 96.8 Point score = 96.8 − 50% × 25 − 25% × 25 = 78.0 → 78					78

Note: recomputing these findings under the current rubric gives 78, but the stored score snapshot says 63 — the snapshot may predate the current rubric version.

What would make this Easy

One concrete change per blocker found. These are the diffs between this listing's current parity and an unattended agent path.

Operate — Mandatory redirect to vendor’s own siteExpose the transaction over an API / MCP so checkout doesn't require a browser redirect.

How we scored this

Confidence: Verified (Partial) (0.75) — A live Tier-2 session ran but stopped early at a detected hard blocker — verified up to that point, unknown beyond it.
Machine-Readability sub-score: 30 / 100 (a separate integration-ease signal — it never enters the Interrupt Score or badge).
Some capability stages are not yet assessed — shown plainly in the spine above, never as a pass.
Rubric, tiers, confidence model, and badge thresholds →

Machine-readability checks 30 / 100

Four check groups, equal weight: machine interfaces, browsing efficiency, element discoverability, and discovery/agent access. Each check carries an evidence grade (proven / plausible / emerging) — an honesty label that never weights the score. What these mean →

llms.txtemergingFound — azure.microsoft.com/llms.txt (45.9 KB, 223 links)
llms-full.txtemergingNot provided
AGENTS.mdemergingNot provided
A2A agent cardemergingNot provided
MCP server (well-known or official registry)plausibleNot provided
OpenAPI/Swagger specplausibleNot provided
Rate-limit headersplausibleNot provided
Structured JSON error responsesplausibleNot provided
OAuth authorization-server metadata (RFC 8414)provenNot provided
API catalog (RFC 9727) (emerging)emergingNot provided
Agent-payment discovery (x402 / UCP) (emerging)emergingNot provided
Lean HTML transfer sizeplausibleNot provided
Manageable DOM sizeplausibleNot provided
High content-to-markup densityplausible4.9% text/HTML (24678 chars in 497 KB, threshold 2%)
Content readable without JS executionprovenraw HTML holds 270% of rendered text (24678 vs 9139 chars; threshold 40%)
Clean-content alternate (RSS/Atom/feed/markdown)plausibleNot provided
Serves markdown on Accept: text/markdownplausibleNot provided
Interactive elements are semanticplausibleNot provided
Form fields have accessible namesplausible1/1 named (100%)
Inputs carry autocomplete hintsplausibleNot provided
WebMCP tools (modelContext API)emergingNot provided
AI retrieval/search fetchers allowed (robots.txt)provenno retrieval-fetcher blocks in robots.txt
Sitemap (indexability)plausibleFound — azure.microsoft.com/robotsitemap-en-us/
schema.org JSON-LD in raw HTMLplausibleNot provided
Content-Signal directives (robots.txt)emergingNot provided
Web Bot Auth key directory (emerging)emergingNot provided
Discovery Link headers on homepage (emerging)emergingNot provided
robots.txt AI-crawler accessplausibleno AI-crawler blocks in robots.txt
Unauthenticated API error is structured JSONplausibleNot provided
Unauthenticated API returns auth guidance (401/403 or documented)plausibleNot provided
API exposes rate-limit headersplausibleNot provided
API key obtainable without human interactionplausibleAPI documentation host reachable: https://docs.microsoft.com/, https://developer.microsoft.com/

Evidence & history

Last probed 2026-08-09 23:49 UTC. The raw JSON is the archival record.

Date	Score	Badge	Rubric version
2026-08-09 23:49 UTC	63	Moderate-Interrupt (current)	[email protected]
2026-08-09 23:49 UTC	78	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 23:48 UTC	61	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 17:13 UTC	60	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 05:26 UTC	66	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 05:26 UTC	88	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 05:18 UTC	66	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 05:15 UTC	66	Moderate-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 05:15 UTC	88	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 03:14 UTC	88	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 01:48 UTC	88	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-08-09 01:45 UTC	88	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]
2026-07-10 07:17 UTC	100	Low-Interrupt	[email protected]

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