diff --git a/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/azure.py b/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/azure.py
index 3caa2b085..e2abb6125 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/azure.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/server/auth/providers/azure.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class AzureProvider(OAuthProxy):
         token_verifier = JWTVerifier(
             jwks_uri=jwks_uri,
             issuer=issuer,
-            audience=self.identifier_uri,
+            audience=[client_id, self.identifier_uri],
             algorithm="RS256",
             required_scopes=validation_scopes,  # Only validate non-OIDC scopes
             http_client=http_client,
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ class AzureJWTVerifier(JWTVerifier):
         super().__init__(
             jwks_uri=f"https://{base_authority}/{tenant_id}/discovery/v2.0/keys",
             issuer=issuer,
-            audience=self._identifier_uri,
+            audience=[client_id, self._identifier_uri],
             algorithm="RS256",
             required_scopes=required_scopes,
         )
diff --git a/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure.py b/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure.py
index 3bde8ead8..54b119ce9 100644
--- a/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure.py
+++ b/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from mcp.shared.auth import OAuthClientInformationFull
 from pydantic import AnyUrl
 
 from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.azure import AzureProvider
-from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.jwt import JWTVerifier
+from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.jwt import JWTVerifier, RSAKeyPair
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@ class TestAzureProvider:
         self, memory_storage: MemoryStore
     ):
         """When audience is provided, JWTVerifier is configured with JWKS and issuer."""
-        from fastmcp.server.auth.providers.jwt import JWTVerifier
-
         provider = AzureProvider(
             client_id="test_client",
             client_secret="test_secret",
@@ -211,11 +209,100 @@ class TestAzureProvider:
             "https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant/discovery/v2.0/keys"
         )
         assert verifier.issuer == "https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant/v2.0"
-        assert verifier.audience == "api://my-api"
+        assert verifier.audience == ["test_client", "api://my-api"]
         # Scopes are stored unprefixed for token validation
         # (Azure returns unprefixed scopes like ".default" in JWT tokens)
         assert verifier.required_scopes == [".default"]
 
+    async def test_token_accepted_with_client_id_audience(
+        self, memory_storage: MemoryStore
+    ):
+        """Azure AD v2 tokens use the bare client_id as aud — must be accepted."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        provider = AzureProvider(
+            client_id="test_client",
+            client_secret="test_secret",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant",
+            base_url="https://myserver.com",
+            identifier_uri="api://my-api",
+            required_scopes=["read"],
+            jwt_signing_key="test-secret",
+            client_storage=memory_storage,
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(provider._token_validator, JWTVerifier)
+        verifier = provider._token_validator
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant/v2.0",
+            audience="test_client",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "read"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is not None
+
+    async def test_token_accepted_with_identifier_uri_audience(
+        self, memory_storage: MemoryStore
+    ):
+        """Azure AD v1 tokens use the identifier_uri as aud — must be accepted."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        provider = AzureProvider(
+            client_id="test_client",
+            client_secret="test_secret",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant",
+            base_url="https://myserver.com",
+            identifier_uri="api://my-api",
+            required_scopes=["read"],
+            jwt_signing_key="test-secret",
+            client_storage=memory_storage,
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(provider._token_validator, JWTVerifier)
+        verifier = provider._token_validator
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant/v2.0",
+            audience="api://my-api",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "read"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is not None
+
+    async def test_token_rejected_with_wrong_audience(
+        self, memory_storage: MemoryStore
+    ):
+        """Tokens for a different application must be rejected."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        provider = AzureProvider(
+            client_id="test_client",
+            client_secret="test_secret",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant",
+            base_url="https://myserver.com",
+            required_scopes=["read"],
+            jwt_signing_key="test-secret",
+            client_storage=memory_storage,
+        )
+
+        assert isinstance(provider._token_validator, JWTVerifier)
+        verifier = provider._token_validator
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant/v2.0",
+            audience="wrong-app-id",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "read"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is None
+
     async def test_authorize_filters_resource_and_stores_unprefixed_scopes(
         self, memory_storage: MemoryStore
     ):
diff --git a/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure_scopes.py b/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure_scopes.py
index beaeb8b8e..8ab35431d 100644
--- a/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure_scopes.py
+++ b/tests/server/auth/providers/test_azure_scopes.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class TestAzureJWTVerifier:
             == "https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant-id/discovery/v2.0/keys"
         )
         assert verifier.issuer == "https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant-id/v2.0"
-        assert verifier.audience == "api://my-client-id"
+        assert verifier.audience == ["my-client-id", "api://my-client-id"]
         assert verifier.algorithm == "RS256"
         assert verifier.required_scopes == ["access_as_user"]
 
@@ -438,6 +438,69 @@ class TestAzureJWTVerifier:
         assert result is not None
         assert "access_as_user" in result.scopes
 
+    async def test_validates_token_with_client_id_audience(self):
+        """Azure AD v2 tokens use the bare client_id GUID as audience."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        verifier = AzureJWTVerifier(
+            client_id="my-client-id",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant-id",
+            required_scopes=["access_as_user"],
+        )
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant-id/v2.0",
+            audience="my-client-id",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "access_as_user"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert "access_as_user" in result.scopes
+
+    async def test_validates_token_with_custom_identifier_uri_audience(self):
+        """Custom identifier_uri (e.g. Bicep deployments) accepted as audience."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        verifier = AzureJWTVerifier(
+            client_id="my-client-id",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant-id",
+            required_scopes=["read"],
+            identifier_uri="api://my-app-name",
+        )
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant-id/v2.0",
+            audience="api://my-app-name",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "read"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert "read" in result.scopes
+
+    async def test_rejects_token_with_wrong_audience(self):
+        """Tokens for a different application must be rejected."""
+        key_pair = RSAKeyPair.generate()
+        verifier = AzureJWTVerifier(
+            client_id="my-client-id",
+            tenant_id="my-tenant-id",
+            required_scopes=["read"],
+        )
+        verifier.public_key = key_pair.public_key
+        verifier.jwks_uri = None
+
+        token = key_pair.create_token(
+            subject="test-user",
+            issuer="https://login.microsoftonline.com/my-tenant-id/v2.0",
+            audience="some-other-app-id",
+            additional_claims={"scp": "read"},
+        )
+        result = await verifier.load_access_token(token)
+        assert result is None
+
     def test_scopes_supported_returns_prefixed_form(self):
         verifier = AzureJWTVerifier(
             client_id="my-client-id",