Microsoft Azure Quantum is Microsoft's cloud quantum computing service — an open, multi-vendor platform that provides access to quantum hardware from IonQ, Quantinuum, Pasqal, and Rigetti alongside Microsoft's own Q# programming language, Quantum Development Kit (QDK), and post-layout fault-tolerant Resource Estimator. The Azure Quantum Workspace REST API exposes jobs, sessions, providers, quotas, items, and storage surfaces; the Microsoft.Quantum ARM provider handles workspace provisioning. The QDK is free and open source, ships as a VS Code extension and Python package, and supports Q#, Qiskit, Cirq, and OpenQASM. Azure Quantum Elements layers in chemistry, materials, and HPC simulation for scientific discovery, with Copilot-assisted workflows on quantum.microsoft.com.
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Run: Capabilities Using Naftiko
- Quantum, Quantum Computing, Azure, Microsoft, Q#, QDK, Resource Estimation, IonQ, Quantinuum, Pasqal, Rigetti, Hybrid Quantum, Fault Tolerance
- Created: 2026-05-25
- Modified: 2026-05-25
| Provider | Technology | Targets | Qubits |
|---|---|---|---|
| IonQ | Trapped ion | Aria 1, Forte 1, Forte Enterprise 1, simulator | 25 / 36 / 36 / 29 |
| Quantinuum | Trapped ion (QCCD) | H2-1, H2-2, H2 emulators, syntax checkers | 20 / 32 |
| Pasqal | Neutral atom | FRESNEL, FRESNEL_CAN1, EMU-MPS, EMU-SV, EMU_FREE | 100 / 100 / 80 / 25 / 12 |
| Rigetti | Superconducting | Cepheus-1-108Q, QVM simulator | 108 / 30 |
| Quantum Circuits (preview) | Superconducting + cQED | QCI (private preview) | TBA |
Submit and manage quantum jobs, sessions, provider status, quotas, top-level items, and storage SAS URIs against an Azure Quantum workspace. Preview version 2026-01-15-preview.
Human URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azurequantum/
- Documentation
- OpenAPI
- JSON Schema — Job
- JSON Schema — Session
- JSON Schema — Provider Status
- JSON-LD
- Naftiko Capability — Jobs
- Naftiko Capability — Sessions
- Naftiko Capability — Providers
- Naftiko Capability — Quotas
- Naftiko Capability — Storage
- Naftiko Capability — Items
Microsoft.Quantum ARM control-plane provider. Create, read, update, delete, list workspaces; list provider offerings per region; check name availability; manage workspace keys and suite offers. Preview version 2025-12-15-preview.
Human URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.quantum/workspaces
Microsoft's open-source, hardware-agnostic quantum programming language. Modern QDK compiler is written in Rust and ships as a VS Code extension and Python package.
Human URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/qsharp-overview
Open-source post-layout physical resource estimator for fault-tolerant quantum algorithms. Compute qubit counts, T-state counts, runtime, and code-distance requirements across configurable qubit parameters and QEC schemes.
Human URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/quantum/intro-to-resource-estimation
Python SDK for submitting jobs to Azure Quantum. Supports Q#, Qiskit, Cirq, and pass-through provider formats.
Human URL: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-quantum-python
pip install azure-quantumpip install qsharp