# Do coding agents recommend Microsoft Entra ID? > Microsoft Entra ID was chosen in 10% of 201 judged authentication sessions, ranking third. Measured with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Source: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-microsoft-entra-id Published: 2026-09-03 Publisher: Armature, Inc. (https://armature.tech) --- > Microsoft Entra ID was chosen in 10% of 201 judged authentication sessions, ranking third. It was also raised as a candidate in 10 further sessions without being chosen. This page reports what happened when Claude Code, Codex and Cursor had to solve a problem in authentication inside a realistic codebase. Not what a chat assistant says about Microsoft Entra ID. What an agent actually installed. ## The numbers | | | | --- | --- | | Category | Authentication | | Sessions in the category | 201 | | Sessions where Microsoft Entra ID was chosen | 21 | | Install share | 10% | | Rank in category | 3 of 17 | | Codebases it won in | 2 | | Raised as a candidate, not chosen | 10 | | Chosen when considered | 68% | | Site | entra.microsoft.com | ## By agent The three agents agree closely on Microsoft Entra ID, choosing it at rates within 1 points of each other. | Agent | Sessions | Chose Microsoft Entra ID | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claude Code | 65 | 7 | 11% | | Codex | 68 | 7 | 10% | | Cursor | 68 | 7 | 10% | ## By who was asking Microsoft Entra ID does much better with one kind of buyer than another. It won 48% of sessions asked as enterprise team and 0% of those asked as senior engineer. | Who is asking | Sessions | Chose Microsoft Entra ID | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Vibe coder | 26 | 0 | 0% | | Junior developer | 62 | 0 | 0% | | Senior engineer | 69 | 0 | 0% | | Enterprise team | 44 | 21 | 48% | ## What Microsoft Entra ID was up against The full ranking in authentication, from the same sessions: | # | Product | Runs won | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | WorkOS AuthKit | 53 | 26% | | 2 | Auth0 | 46 | 23% | | 3 | Microsoft Entra ID **(this page)** | 21 | 10% | | 4 | Built in-house (no product adopted) | 21 | 10% | | 5 | Clerk | 20 | 10% | | 6 | Better Auth | 8 | 4% | | 7 | Keycloak | 7 | 3% | | 8 | Google Identity | 3 | 1% | ## What this means Agents almost never raise Microsoft Entra ID without choosing it: 10 sessions raised against 21 chosen. When it gets considered, it usually wins. The constraint is how rarely it gets considered at all, which is a presence problem: templates, framework integrations and pages that answer the configuration and production questions agents actually search for. ## Where these numbers come from The 201 sessions in authentication are part of a published set of 5,292, run with real coding agents inside realistic codebases and judged blind. The full method is on one page: [how we measured this](/library/how-we-measured-this). Every authentication run can be replayed on [the board](/leaderboards/auth). If you work on Microsoft Entra ID: the judge recorded a reason for every session where it was raised and passed over. Those reasons are in the transcripts. ## Common questions ### Do coding agents recommend Microsoft Entra ID? Yes. Microsoft Entra ID was chosen in 21 of the 201 judged sessions in authentication, a 10% install share, ranking third in its category. ### Does Claude Code recommend Microsoft Entra ID? In 7 of the 65 sessions in authentication run with Claude Code, which is 11%. ### Do different coding agents treat Microsoft Entra ID differently? Not much. The three agents chose it at similar rates, between 10% and 11% of their runs. ### How was this measured? Real coding agents at pinned versions were run in sandboxes inside 51 realistic codebases and asked to solve real tasks. A simulated project owner approved or questioned each recommendation before any code was written, and a judge from a model family that builds none of the agents read every session blind. ### How often is Microsoft Entra ID considered but not chosen? It was raised as a candidate in 10 sessions without being chosen, and chosen in 21. That is a 68% conversion from considered to chosen. ## Read next - [How to get picked for authentication by coding agents](https://armature.tech/library/auth-coding-agents-playbook) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/auth-coding-agents-playbook.md) - [Do coding agents recommend WorkOS AuthKit?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-workos-authkit) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-workos-authkit.md) - [Do coding agents recommend Auth0?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-auth0) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-auth0.md) - [Do Claude Code, Codex and Cursor pick the same tools?](https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree.md) --- Armature helps software products get discovered and used by coding agents. 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