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July 2021

12 Jul

General availability: Azure API Management updates - July 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure API Management service has been updated to provide better support to customers through policy expressions and Power platform.

  • API Management
  • Services

June 2021

9 Jun

Open source API portal now generally availabile

NOW AVAILABLE

You can create and publish a customized site with API documentation, automatically generated from OpenAPI files. 

  • API Management
  • Features
2 Jun

General availability: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units

NOW AVAILABLE

After the first purchased unit, a price reduction of 50% will be applied on all subsequent units purchased.

  • API Management
  • Pricing & Offerings

May 2021

25 May

Public preview: Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management

IN PREVIEW

Azure API Management announces native support for WebSocket APIs.

  • API Management
  • Features
13 May

General availability: Azure API Management updates - May 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

A regular Azure API Management service update was started on May 5, 2021, and included the following new features, bug fixes, and other improvements.

  • API Management
  • Services
  • Features

April 2021

16 Apr

Open source API Portal now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

API Portal is a no-code option to create, manage, and publish API documentation - for free.

  • API Management
  • Features
14 Apr

Azure API Management support for Availability Zones now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Improve the resiliency of your API Management services with Availability Zones.

  • API Management
  • Features

March 2021

17 Mar

Azure API Management support for request and response validation policies has reached general availability. 

NOW AVAILABLE

Protect your APIs from several OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities without requiring an add-on solution.

  • API Management
  • Features
3 Mar

General availability: Azure API Management now has named values integration with Azure Key Vault

NOW AVAILABLE

API Management’s named values can now be stored and managed in Azure Key Vault.

  • API Management
  • Features
3 Mar

Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Perform common management operations on your Azure API Management service instances without switching away from Visual Studio Code.

  • Visual Studio Code
  • API Management
  • Features

February 2021

17 Feb

API Management Diagnostics now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

API Management Diagnostics provides an intelligent and interactive experience to help customers troubleshoot their API , with no configuration required. 

  • API Management
  • Features
3 Feb

Support for Azure API Management certificates in Azure Key Vault has reached general availability.

NOW AVAILABLE

You can now enhance security by storing, managing, and referencing API Management’s certificates in Azure Key Vault.

  • API Management
  • Services
  • Features

January 2021

27 Jan

Azure API Management Updates - January, 2021

NOW AVAILABLE

A regular Azure API Management service update was started on January 21, 2021, and included several new features and bug fixes, along other improvements. It may take several weeks for your API Management service to receive the update.

  • API Management
  • Services
  • Features

December 2020

14 Dec

API Management’s Named Values integration with Azure Key Vault

IN PREVIEW

API Management’s Named Values can now be stored and managed in Azure Key Vault.

  • API Management
  • Features

November 2020

2 Nov

Generate Azure Functions using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code

IN PREVIEW

Target availability: Q4 2020

Using Azure API Management extension for Visual Studio Code, you can now generate Azure Functions. This will help you scaffold all the necessary functions for your API based on the API definitions.

  • API Management
  • Features

October 2020

28 Oct

Generate a new function app from an OpenAPI specification

IN PREVIEW

Create a function app from an Open API Definition using VS Code

  • API Management
  • Azure Functions
  • Features
27 Oct

Legacy developer portal in Azure API Management will retire on 31 October 2023

Target retirement date: October 31, 2023

Start using the new developer portal in Azure API Management.

  • API Management
  • Retirements
22 Oct

Azure API Management updates- October 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

Regular Azure API Management service updates including new features, bug fixes, changes and other improvements.

  • API Management
  • Services
  • Features

September 2020

22 Sep

Debug API Management policies in real time

IN PREVIEW

Debug API Management policies with the Visual Studio Code extension for Azure API Management

  • API Management
  • Services
22 Sep

Support for Dapr applications in Azure API Management

IN PREVIEW

Dapr microservices can now be directly exposed as APIs in API Management.

  • API Management
  • Services

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