Credits & Attribution
WARNING
AzureScout exists because of Azure Resource Inventory (ARI). Without the foundation built by the ARI team at Microsoft, this project would not exist.
The full credits file is maintained in the repository root and rendered on GitHub.
Fork Origin
AzureScout was forked from microsoft/ARI (Azure Resource Inventory) at version 3.6.11 in October 2024. The original project provided the entire extraction, processing, and reporting pipeline — including its ARM inventory module set, the draw.io diagram engine, Excel/ImportExcel integration, and Azure Automation Account support. AzureScout has since added new ARM modules and an Entra ID module set that ARI does not have; the module is now at 240 collector definitions across all 18 of Microsoft's published service categories — see ARM Modules, Entra ID Modules, and Differences from ARI for exactly what changed.
Original Authors
| Author | Role |
|---|---|
| Claudio Merola | Original ARI creator and primary developer |
| Renato Gregio | Original ARI co-author and copyright holder |
We are deeply grateful for their work. The ARI project remains actively maintained at github.com/microsoft/ARI and we encourage users to check it out.
What Has Changed
For a detailed breakdown of what AzureScout has added, changed, and diverged from the original ARI codebase, see Differences from ARI.
Additional Acknowledgments
- Doug Finke — Author of ImportExcel, retained by the held legacy Excel implementation and its compatibility tests (MIT license).
- Microsoft — Azure PowerShell SDK (
Az.*modules), Azure Resource Graph, and Microsoft Graph REST API. - All ARI contributors — The 29 contributors who built and refined ARI over six years.
License & Disclaimer
Both the original ARI project and AzureScout are licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for full details.
AzureScout is an independent community project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.