Microsoft AppSource and Azure Marketplace review policies

The rating and review policies for Microsoft AppSource and Azure Marketplace are listed here.

• In AppSource and Azure Marketplace reviews, Microsoft will not tolerate the following behaviors or content:

  • Bot/cyber-attacks
  • Privacy compliance violations
  • Spam content
  • Scam content
  • Offensive content: obscene, profane, or offensive language or gestures
  • Illegal content
  • Abusive, hateful, or threatening content
  • Defamatory content
  • Repeated submissions of the same or similar content
  • Advertising, including promotion of other apps and services

• Microsoft reserves the right to remove review-related content submitted by a user for any reason.

• Microsoft reserves the right to block a user from submitting review-related content for any reason.

• Publishers will receive no notification on the removal of review-related content related to their applications.

• Users will receive no notification on the removal of review-related content submitted by them.

• Microsoft is not obligated to provide an explanation relating to the removal of review-related content.

• Microsoft will not honor requests to restore removed review-related content.

Review guidelines for customers

• Do not submit content that could be in violation of the AppSource and Azure Marketplace review policy.
• Do not include personally identifiable information (PII) such as email address, physical address, telephone numbers and etc.
• Ensure that your review is clear, readable, and informative.
• Ensure that viewpoints expressed in your review are balanced and neutral.
• Remember that you are posting in a public forum and act accordingly.