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Azure penetration testing is a manual, expert-led security assessment of your Microsoft Azure environment that finds and proves exploitable weaknesses across Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, managed identities, storage, AKS, and hybrid identity, before an attacker does. Bluefire Redteam delivers Azure penetration testing aligned to the Microsoft Cloud Unified Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement, with exploit-validated findings, developer-ready remediation, and a scoped quote within 5 hours.
Azure penetration testing is part of our broader cloud penetration testing services, covering Azure, AWS and Google Cloud environments.
Azure security breaks at the identity layer, not the network perimeter. That is where our testing focuses, and where most providers stop short.
Identity-first Azure expertise We treat Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, and managed identities as the primary attack surface, testing the Conditional Access gaps, privileged-role paths, and service principal weaknesses that lead to Global Administrator. For identity-focused adversary testing, see our Entra ID red teaming.
AI-augmented, human-validated We combine automated coverage with senior operators who chain misconfigurations into real attack paths. No scanner infers that a Reader role plus a managed identity equals privilege escalation. You get exploit-proven findings, not tool output.
Aligned to Microsoft’s rules Every engagement is scoped against the Microsoft Cloud Unified Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement, confined to your tenant and subscriptions, with prohibited techniques excluded by default.
Multi-cloud and hybrid capable Azure rarely stands alone. We test hybrid identity back to on-premises Active Directory, and can run combined engagements with AWS penetration testing under our broader cloud penetration testing services
Reporting your team can act on Exploit-validated findings mapped to business impact, developer-ready remediation, and a free retest to confirm the fix holds.
Identity is the primary Azure attack surface. We assess tenant configuration, privileged role assignments, Conditional Access policy gaps, legacy authentication exposure, application registrations and consent grants, service principal credentials, and paths to Global Administrator.
Effective permission mapping across management groups, subscriptions and resource groups. We identify escalation routes including Owner and User Access Administrator abuse, custom role over-permissioning, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) configuration weaknesses.
System and user-assigned managed identity permissions, credential theft from compute metadata (IMDS), service principal secret and certificate hygiene, and cross-resource impersonation paths.
Storage account public access, container and blob ACLs, SAS token scope and expiry, Key Vault access policies and RBAC, and SQL Database authentication and firewall configuration.
Application settings and connection string exposure, deployment credential risk, Kudu/SCM console access, and function-level authorisation flaws.
Cluster RBAC, workload identity configuration, pod-level credential access, network policy enforcement, and container breakout paths to the node.
Virtual network segmentation, Network Security Group rules, peering trust, exposed public IPs and management endpoints, and hybrid connectivity back to on-premises Active Directory.
Where Azure connects to on-premises AD — Entra Connect configuration, password hash sync and pass-through authentication risk, and the federation trust paths that allow movement between cloud and on-premises.
Whether Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel and Azure Activity Logs detected our activity, and where coverage gaps exist.
Use this checklist to sanity-check your Azure security before an engagement:
Want the full checklist? Download the Azure Penetration Testing Checklist (PDF)
We follow a structured, Azure-specific process aligned to Microsoft’s testing rules and the shared-responsibility model, so results are realistic and safe for production.
We confirm scope against the current Microsoft Cloud Unified Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement, document written authorisation, and agree access (typically Reader plus Directory Reader for grey-box).
We map your tenant, subscriptions, management groups, Entra ID roles, resources, and network topology to build the real attack surface.
We test privilege escalation through RBAC and PIM, managed-identity and service-principal abuse, storage and Key Vault exposure, AKS and App Service flaws, and lateral movement, including hybrid paths to on-premises Active Directory.
We assess what an attacker could actually reach: sensitive data, cross-resource access, and paths to tenant-wide control, and we validate whether Azure security controls such as Defender for Cloud and Sentinel detected the activity.
You receive exploit-validated findings, business-impact ratings, and developer-ready fixes, followed by a free retest. For related work, see our full penetration testing services.
For pricing models and enterprise budgeting, see our Azure penetration testing cost guide.
Microsoft permits customer-initiated penetration testing against your own Azure resources under the Microsoft Cloud Unified Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement, without requiring prior notification.
Permitted: testing of resources within your own subscriptions and tenant, including applications, virtual machines, storage, and identity configuration you control.
Prohibited: any testing that impacts other tenants or shared Microsoft infrastructure, denial-of-service testing, and intensive network fuzzing against Azure platform services.
How we work within the rules:
Find and fix the Entra ID, RBAC, and managed-identity weaknesses that lead to privilege escalation and tenant compromise, before an attacker does.
Validate that storage accounts, blobs, Key Vault, and Azure SQL are not exposing sensitive business data through public access or over-scoped tokens.
Support your PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR obligations with independent, evidence-backed testing. Pair with our red team services for full adversary-driven validation where regulators expect it.
Measure whether Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Sentinel actually detect real attack activity in your tenant, and where the coverage gaps are.
Board-ready risk narrative for leadership and developer-ready remediation for engineering, so findings turn into fixes.
Yes, Microsoft permits Azure penetration testing under certain conditions. You must follow Microsoft’s guidelines for testing cloud environments and notify them in advance
We test a wide range of Azure services, including virtual machines, networking components, databases, and identity management systems, to ensure comprehensive coverage.
We recommend performing penetration tests after major configuration changes or deployments and at least annually to maintain security posture and compliance.
No. Microsoft permits testing of your own Azure resources without prior notification, provided it follows the Microsoft Cloud Unified Penetration Testing Rules of Engagement.
Typically a Reader role at subscription or management group level, plus Directory Reader in Entra ID. For grey-box testing we may request a low-privilege user account to simulate a compromised employee.
Yes — and this is often where the most serious findings are. Entra Connect and federation trust paths frequently allow movement between cloud and on-premises in both directions.
No. Testing is rate-limited, destructive techniques are excluded by default, and anything potentially disruptive requires explicit approval and a scheduled window.
Cost depends on subscription count, deployed services, and whether identity, container and application layers are in scope. See our Azure penetration testing cost page for detail.
Get a scoped Azure penetration testing plan and quote within 5 hours, reviewed by a senior operator. Exploit-proven findings across Entra ID, RBAC, storage, and AKS, developer-ready fixes, and a free retest included.
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