Standardsby GlyphMicrosoft open standards support
Cloud · 13 standards supported · 9 from adopter lists · read Nov 5, 2026
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
AI agents2
Model Context Protocol
Microsoft runs an MCP server (com.microsoft.esrp/esrp-oss-mcp-test), per the official MCP Registry and its own documentation.
Agent2Agent
Microsoft supports A2A agents in its product, per the A2A partners page and its own documentation.
Model APIs and runtimes2
OpenAI-compatible API
Microsoft serves an OpenAI-compatible API, per its own documentation.
ONNX
Microsoft runs ONNX models, per the ONNX supported tools page and its own documentation.
Telemetry and lineage1
OpenTelemetry
Microsoft takes OpenTelemetry data natively over OTLP, per the OpenTelemetry vendors registry and its own documentation.
Table formats2
Apache Iceberg
Microsoft serves an Apache Iceberg REST catalog, per the Apache Iceberg vendors page and its own documentation.
Delta Lake
Microsoft works with Delta Lake tables (Power BI, Azure Stream Analytics, Microsoft Fabric), per the Delta Lake integrations page and its own documentation.
File and memory formats2
Apache Arrow
Microsoft uses Apache Arrow, per its own documentation.
Apache Parquet
Microsoft reads Parquet files, per its own documentation.
Identity and sign-in2
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
Microsoft is OpenID Certified, per the OpenID Foundation certified implementations and its own documentation.
FIDO2 and passkeys
Microsoft supports passkey sign-in, per its own documentation.
Provenance and supply chain2
C2PA Content Credentials
Microsoft signs content with C2PA Content Credentials, per the C2PA membership page and its own documentation.
SPDX
Microsoft produces SPDX SBOMs, per the SPDX tools page and its own documentation.
History
OpenTelemetry
Microsoft now takes OpenTelemetry data natively over OTLP, a step up from integration, per the OpenTelemetry vendors registry.
Apache Iceberg
Microsoft supports Apache Iceberg, per the Apache Iceberg vendors page.
About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
- Status
- Public
- Headquarters
- Redmond, United States
- Founded
- 1975
- Website
- microsoft.com
No public evidence found for
- Telemetry and lineage
- Lineage
- Table formats
- Hudi
- Query languages
- SQL:2023
- Identity and sign-in
- SPIFFE
- Provenance and supply chain
- CycloneDX
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