API Management

Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale.

Overview

Application logic is often provided as an API instead of via an interface usable by end users. API Management can help with marketing an API. Provisioned APIs can be assigned permissions, supplemented by converting input and output values, and supplied with product-specific SLAs. The usage of APIs can be monitored, evaluated, and billed accordingly as necessary. The provisioned API can be operated on Azure or externally.

Key Resources

Homepage: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/api-management/
Pricing: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/api-management/
SLA: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/sla/api-management/v1_5/
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Getting Started

  1. 8/26/2022, Whitepaper
    Learn how to turn your data into a competitive edge by exposing your APIs. Read stories from companies who have used Azure API Management to create new value for their...
  2. 10/4/2022, Lab
    This hands-on-lab will guide you through the different concepts around Azure API Management, from the creation to the DevOps, including good practices in terms of versioning,...
  3. 1/31/2023, Webpage
    Each API Management pricing tier offers a distinct set of features and per unit capacity. This page summarizes the key features available in each of the tiers.
  4. 10/4/2022, Ebook
    This e-book is designed for technical leaders tasked with establishing a new API program for their organization or maturing an existing program. It will provide insights and...

News

Date News
7/25/2025
In May, the Azure SRE Agent was introduced - an AI-powered Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) assistant built to help customers identify, diagnose, and resolve issues across their Azure...
7/23/2025
We’re excited to announce the general availability of workspaces and workspace gateways in the Premium v2 tier of Azure API Management! Premium v2 tier remains in preview at the time of this...
7/18/2025
What Will We Cover? In this interactive AMA, you'll learn how to: Expose Azure API Management instances as MCP servers, enabling remote access to your APIs using AI combined with Model Context...
7/16/2025
In many use cases, using remote MCP servers is not uncommon. In particular, if you're using Azure API Management (APIM), Azure API Center (APIC) or Copilot Studio in Power Platform, integrating...
7/7/2025
In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month News from our product group News from our community Ace Aviator of the Month July’s Ace Aviator: Şahin Özdemir Şahin Özdemir - Application Integration...
6/16/2025
Gateway-Level Metrics: Deep Insight into Performance Azure API Management now exposes fine-grained metrics for each Azure API management v2 gateway instance, giving you more control and...
6/13/2025
  TLDR; We’re proud to announce 3 new workshops that will help you add some great Generative AI Features to Azure API Management.  https://azure-samples.github.io/AI-Gateway/ Problems with Gen...
6/10/2025
With Azure Container Apps we can run containerized applications, completely serverless. The platform itself handles all the orchestration needed to dynamically scale based on your set triggers...
6/3/2025
APIs are the engines of modern digital experiences, powering everything from mobile apps to AI copilots. As AI reshapes products, experiences and workflows, APIs have become essential...
6/2/2025
In this issue: Ace Aviator of the Month News from our product group News from our community Ace Aviator of the Month April’s Ace Aviator: Andrew Wilson Andrew Wilson - Chief Consulting Officer...
5/30/2025
Introduction Azure Container Apps provides a serverless platform for running containers at scale, and one of the big benefits is that you can easily scale workloads to zero when they are not...
5/23/2025
Announcing the general availability of the inbound private endpoint feature for the Azure API Management Standard v2 tier. This update enables organizations to securely expose their API...
5/23/2025
Announcing the public preview of the Applications feature in Azure API Management. This new capability introduces a more streamlined and secure way to manage OAuth-based access to your APIs and...
5/23/2025
Announcing the public preview of the Premium v2 tier for Azure API Management designed to support enterprise-scale API programs with higher capacity, advanced networking options, and unmatched...
5/23/2025
Announcing the general availability of autoscaling in Azure API Management workspace gateways. With the introduction of autoscaling in workspace gateways, customers can now increase...
5/23/2025
Announcing the public preview of Model Context Protocol (MCP) support in Azure API Management and Azure API Center. With this new capability, enterprises can transform their existing APIs into...
5/23/2025
Announcing expanded support for AWS Bedrock model endpoints across all Generative AI policies in Azure API Management’s AI Gateway. This release enables you to apply advanced management and...
5/23/2025
Announcing the general availability of importing model endpoints from Azure AI Foundry directly into Azure API Management’s AI Gateway. This capability simplifies onboarding of large language...
5/23/2025
Announcing the general availability of session-aware load balancing in Azure API Management. With this feature, requests from the same user session are consistently routed to the same backend,...
5/23/2025
Announcing the general availability of LLM logging in Azure API Management’s AI Gateway. This capability allows you to capture and store LLM prompts, completions, and token usage metrics,...