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.