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API Management bring your own cache is in preview
Bring your own cache feature enables you to use external Redis-compatible cache with API Management in the Consumption Tier.
API Management flexible subscriptions is in preview
API Management consumption tier users can now create subscriptions at different levels, and subscriptions are no longer required to be associated with a developer account.
November 2018
Azure API Management update November 28
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Azure API Management update November 8
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October 2018
Azure API Management update October 24
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Deprecating older versions of the Azure API Management REST API
Target availability: Q4 2019
Older versions of the Azure API Management REST API are being deprecated and will be retired on October 1, 2019.
Azure API Management update October 11
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September 2018
Azure API Management update September 24
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Azure API Management update September 14
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August 2018
Azure API Management update August 28
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Azure API Management update August 3
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June 2018
Tags to group, filter, and search APIs, operations, and products
Users can add and manage tags—text labels—to APIs, operations, and products. Tags allow better group, filter, and search in deployments with a large number of entities.
Azure API Management integration with Azure Application Insights
The Azure API Management integration with Azure Application Insights is now available. With this integration, you now have the ability to troubleshoot and debug APIs more effectively by adding API Management telemetry into Application Insights,
API DevOps with Azure API Management
Microsoft is working on guidance, samples, and open source tools that will enable you to automate API deployment to shared environments, and by multiple teams, without interfering with each other.
OpenAPI v3 support in Azure API Management
Azure API Management currently supports OpenAPI versions 1.2 and 2.0. Microsoft is in the process of adding support for the recently released OpenAPI version 3 of the specification in both JSON and YAML formats.
HTTP/2 support in Azure API Management
HTTP/2 is a major revision of the HTTP protocol focused on performance and efficiency. Microsoft is working on enabling HTTP/2 support on the client-facing side of the gateway.
Use an external cache with Azure API Management
Response caching is an effective way to reduce request latency and back end load. Microsoft is working on enabling you to use an external Redis-compatible cache, for example, Azure Redis Cache.
Use Azure Key Vault-managed client certificates in Azure API Management
Microsoft is working to expand the ability to use Azure Key Vault-managed SSL certificates for custom domain names in API Management to mutual certificate authentication between the API gateway and a back end system.
September 2017
Azure API Management Service updates
Azure API Management now provides developers with new features to manage the API lifecycle, extend additional capabilities to business applications, and more.
May 2017
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
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