diff --git a/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.json b/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.json
index 35ff828d6..41e2c7828 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.json
+++ b/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.json
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@
           "description": "The name of the Azure Pipelines project",
           "title": "Project Name"
         },
+        "build_id": {
+          "anyOf": [
+            {
+              "type": "integer"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "null"
+            }
+          ],
+          "default": null,
+          "description": "The build ID for the specific feedstock used for rendering the badges in the\nREADME file generated. When the value is None, conda-smithy will compute the\nbuild ID by calling the Azure API which requires a token for private azure\nprojects.",
+          "title": "Build Id"
+        },
         "upload_packages": {
           "anyOf": [
             {
@@ -133,7 +146,7 @@
             }
           ],
           "default": null,
-          "description": "The name of the GitHub user or organization, if passed with the GithubConfig provider, must comply with the value of the user_or_org field",
+          "description": "The name of the Azure user or organization. Defaults to the value of github: user_or_org.",
           "title": "User Or Org"
         },
         "store_build_artifacts": {
@@ -707,7 +720,7 @@
             }
           ],
           "default": "conda-forge",
-          "description": "The name of the GitHub user or organization,         if passed with the AzureConfig provider, must comply with the value of the user_or_org field",
+          "description": "The name of the GitHub user or organization",
           "title": "User Or Org"
         },
         "repo_name": {
diff --git a/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.yml b/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.yml
index 6dd82f56f..760ea722a 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.yml
+++ b/conda_smithy/data/conda-forge.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 appveyor:
   image: Visual Studio 2017
 azure:
+  build_id: null
   force: false
   free_disk_space: false
   max_parallel: 50
diff --git a/conda_smithy/schema.py b/conda_smithy/schema.py
index bf124271f..e3da668c5 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/schema.py
+++ b/conda_smithy/schema.py
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ class AzureConfig(BaseModel):
         description="The name of the Azure Pipelines project",
     )
 
+    build_id: Optional[int] = Field(
+        default=None,
+        description=cleandoc(
+            """
+            The build ID for the specific feedstock used for rendering the badges in the
+            README file generated. When the value is None, conda-smithy will compute the
+            build ID by calling the Azure API which requires a token for private azure
+            projects.
+            """
+        ),
+    )
+
     upload_packages: Optional[bool] = Field(
         default=True,
         description="Whether to upload the packages to Anaconda.org. Useful for testing.",
@@ -205,8 +217,8 @@ class AzureConfig(BaseModel):
 
     user_or_org: Optional[Union[str, Nullable]] = Field(
         default=None,
-        description="The name of the GitHub user or organization, if passed with "
-        "the GithubConfig provider, must comply with the value of the user_or_org field",
+        description="The name of the Azure user or organization. Defaults to the "
+        "value of github: user_or_org.",
         exclude=True,  # Will not be rendered in the model dump since we check if it was
         # set or not
     )
@@ -228,8 +240,7 @@ class GithubConfig(BaseModel):
     model_config: ConfigDict = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
 
     user_or_org: Optional[str] = Field(
-        description="The name of the GitHub user or organization, \
-        if passed with the AzureConfig provider, must comply with the value of the user_or_org field",
+        description="The name of the GitHub user or organization",
         default="conda-forge",
     )
     repo_name: Optional[str] = Field(
diff --git a/news/1871-build-id-azure.rst b/news/1871-build-id-azure.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bad18e0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1871-build-id-azure.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Added missing ``azure: build_id`` into the json schema. (#1871)
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>