Azure updates

GA Circuit Breaker in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

The circuit breaker, now generally available in Azure API Management, is seamlessly integrated to provide customers with an easy-to-use solution for enhancing the resilience of their API environments.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA OData API type in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of the OData API type in Azure API Management. This exciting addition extends Azure API Management's capabilities to include OData APIs, allowing users to apply standard API protections such as authentication, authorization, and rate limiting, alongside OData-specific policies for request validation.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA Support for gRPC APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of gRPC support in Azure API Management through the self-hosted gateway. This exciting feature empowers customers to seamlessly manage their gRPC services as APIs within Azure API Management.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA Load Balancer in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

The General Availability of the Load Balancer feature in Azure API Management is here! Now, customers can effortlessly create a pool of backends and efficiently distribute the load across multiple endpoints. By establishing backend pools, users can seamlessly balance the load across various backends when integrating multiple backends for an API.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA Import Azure OpenAI enpoints as an APIs in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're excited to announce the General Availability of the Import Azure OpenAI as an API feature in Azure API Management! With this new capability, customers can seamlessly import Azure OpenAI endpoints as an API with just a single click, streamlining the entire process.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA Azure OpenAI Emit Token Metric policy in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're thrilled to announce the General Availability of the Azure OpenAI Emit Token Metric policy in Azure API Management! This new feature enables customers to effortlessly configure token usage metrics to be sent directly to Azure Application Insights, providing insights into the utilization of Azure OpenAI models across various applications and teams.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

GA Azure OpenAI Token Limit Policy in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q2 2024

We're excited to announce the General Availability of the Azure OpenAI Token Limit Policy in Azure API Management! This feature empowers customers to effectively manage and enforce limits on API consumers based on their usage of OpenAI tokens.

• API Management
• Microsoft Build
• Features

General Availability - Azure API Center

Target availability: Q2 2024

Azure API Center is now generally available, providing a centralized solution to manage the challenges of API sprawl, which is exacerbated by the rapid proliferation of APIs and AI solutions. Azure API Center offers a unified inventory for seamless discovery, consumption, and governance of APIs, regardless of their type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.

• API Management
• Features

GA: Azure API Management Developer Portal Unveils Enhanced Features for Increased Developer Productivity

Target availability: Q1 2024

The API Management developer portal is an automatically generated, fully customizable website with the documentation of your APIs. It's where API consumers can discover your APIs, learn how to use them, request access, and try them out. We recently improved the portal editor interface to boost your productivity and enhance the interactions with your favorite features and tools.  

• Features

Migrate your Git Repository to automated deployments with APIOps by 15 March 2025

Target retirement date: March 15, 2025

The Git repository feature in Azure API Management will be retired 15 March 2025

• Retirements

Breaking Changes to Azure API Management Workspaces

Target availability: Q1 2024

As part of our commitment to enhancing workspaces (in Public Preview) within Azure API Management, we are implementing several critical breaking changes effective June 14, 2024. These changes are designed to streamline functionality and improve overall performance.   These breaking changes will be effective from June 14, 2024. We strongly advise making any necessary adjustments to your workspace configurations before this date to ensure uninterrupted service. 

• Features

Public Preview: Modernizing Azure Resource Manager Throttling

In 2024, Azure Resource Manager is introducing a revamped throttling experience for subscriptions, with increased limits and a token bucket algorithm for managing requests. This will enhance API management and improve productivity. The transition to the new architecture will be gradual, leading to a more efficient and dynamic throttling experience. For more information, consult the Azure Resource Manager documentation.

• Management

Public Preview: Circuit Breaker in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q1 2024

Customers now have the capability to configure the circuit breaker property in the backend resource, providing protection for a backend service against being overwhelmed by excessive requests.

• API Management
• Features

Public Preview: Load Balancer in Azure API Management

Target availability: Q1 2024

Customers have the ability to create a load balancer that directs traffic to multiple endpoints.

• API Management
• Features

Public Preview: Support for GraphQL APIs in Azure API Management Self-hosted Gateway

Target availability: Q4 2023

Customers now have the power to expose GraphQL APIs through Azure API Management's self-hosted gateway.

• Features