diff --git a/.changeset/violet-chicken-smell.md b/.changeset/violet-chicken-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d88c231e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/violet-chicken-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-azure-sites-backend': minor
+---
+
+Azure Sites list now hides the internal/microsoft only `hidden-` tags from the list of tags that are returned. Updated the log endpoint to /logstream-quickstart rather than just /logstream to stream logs in the Azure Portal UI.
diff --git a/plugins/azure-sites-backend/src/api/AzureSitesApi.ts b/plugins/azure-sites-backend/src/api/AzureSitesApi.ts
index b8660c5989..5f58ebdb3d 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-sites-backend/src/api/AzureSitesApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-sites-backend/src/api/AzureSitesApi.ts
@@ -78,9 +78,17 @@ export class AzureSitesApi {
       subscriptions: this.config.subscriptions,
     });
     for (const v of result.data) {
+      const tags = Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(v.properties.tags ?? {}).filter(
+          ([k, _]) => !k.startsWith('hidden-'),
+        ),
+      );
+
       items.push({
         href: `${this.baseHref(this.config.domain)}${v.id!}`,
-        logstreamHref: `${this.baseHref(this.config.domain)}${v.id!}/logStream`,
+        logstreamHref: `${this.baseHref(
+          this.config.domain,
+        )}${v.id!}/logStream-quickstart`,
         name: v.name!,
         kind: v.kind!,
         resourceGroup: v.resourceGroup!,
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ export class AzureSitesApi {
         usageState: v.properties.usageState!,
         state: v.properties.state!,
         containerSize: v.properties.containerSize!,
-        tags: v.properties.tags!,
+        tags,
       });
     }
     return { items: items };